Marina Skinner ventures out after dark to find out what nature gets up to from dusk to dawn. Nocturnal Wanderings Entomologist and Forest & Bird President Peter Maddison gathers his fellow night walkers about an hour before dusk to inspect the insect …

A Q&A with wetland experts Karen Denyer and Monica Peters, who recently published Life in the Shallows, a new book celebrating the “ecological underdogs” of the natural world. Why wetlands? Karen Denyer : I’ve always had a soft spot for the underdog, and …

… wants to super-charge the economy, focusing on a boom-bust industry that brings in peanuts in royalties, and which costs … makes no sense at all,” she says.  New Zealand’s tourism industry is worth $13 billion a year and the government wants …

Moore's Bush is nestled in the beautiful Leith Valley, just a 10-minute drive from Dunedin City. This 4-hectare nature reserve has been restored from a dairy farm to native bush. Wildlife is abundant in this small forest, with native birds including …

On World Wetlands Day (Friday 2 February), Forest & Bird has issued a warning that New Zealand’s unique wetlands are in crisis, and will continue to degrade unless more is done to protect them. “Ninety percent of New Zealand’s original wetlands have been …

… Areas don’t protect the seafloor from mining, only from fishing, and they don’t protect seabirds, protected sharks … to the future and are concerned at increasing global fishing pressure and the ongoing push for destructive seabed …

… dredging and bottom trawling throughout the Gulf. These fishing methods are like taking a bulldozer and dragging it … the Minister has no option but to close these tipa beds to fishing indefinitely,” says Ranson.  Inquiry urgently needed … & Bird understands that the impact of this destructive fishing method alone cannot explain the collapse.  Forest & …

Forest & Bird is calling on the government to stop subsidising large-scale dam and irrigation projects to help restore the health of our rivers, lakes, and streams, as Annabeth Cohen explains. A raft of taxpayer-subsidised dam and irrigation projects are …

… as a result of the Government’s desire to satisfy their industry mates.” The OIA documents also state that if an … situation, given the boom and bust nature of the coal industry,” says Mr Hague. The Buller Plateau is a spectacular …

… pressure on the food chain and seabed habitat from fishing activities. There are other threats to the penguins … goal so hoiho don’t get inadvertently killed by fishing nets, campaigning for new coastal marine reserves … which is under multiple pressures from climate and fishing impacts. It’s easy to make an online donation at …

… which was inappropriate for such a high-risk sector. The industry is high-risk in terms of worker safety but also …

Forest & Bird is celebrating the announcement of a new wetland restoration project near Lake Horowhenua, and calling for strong rules for wetlands and freshwater protection around the country. "The Horowhenua branch of Forest & Bird have been working for …

… with are not investing in fossil fuels. That’s not an industry that is part of a sustainable future for our … native species. Across the globe, the fossil fuel industry has been responsible for major environmental damage …

… fisheries for squid and other fish species. Trawl net fishing is also impacting the populations of sea-lions, as …

… Doing to Protect the Marine Environment - with Focus on Fishing? This year's Lance McCaskill Memorial speaker is …