Forest & Bird welcomes a report into kiwi deaths at Cape Sanctuary released today by the Department of Conservation (DOC) but questions why it has taken five years for it to act. In 2018 Forest & Bird contacted the Department of Conservation about the …

Dr Jody Weir is DOC's marine science advisor at Kaikoura. Last year over 1000 seals died of starvation along the Kaikōura coast. Jody will talk about her work will both the live population and around the seal deaths, and what the implications are for the …

Hundreds of penguins, including endangered hoiho/yellow-eyed penguin, are dying in fishing set nets each year. Information released under the Official Information Act shows that Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) recorded 14 penguin deaths in the year …

The seas around New Zealand are the riskiest in the world for seabirds eating plastic rubbish, Forest & Bird has warned MPs, ahead of Plastic Free July. Forest & Bird has presented research to Parliament’s Environment Committee , showing the risk to …

Faced with the environmental crisis in South America, as a result of the implementation of environmentally unsustainable public policies that have severely and irreversibly affected the health of globally important ecosystems we, as civil society …

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Forest & Bird congratulated He Pou a Rangi – the Climate Change Commission for delivering an ambitious, achievable plan to tackle climate change and endorsed its call for a stronger climate change target.  The key takeaway from the report is that New …

Forest & Bird’s annual Bird of the Year competition begins Monday, 1 October. Forest & Bird is asking New Zealanders to vote for their favourite native bird in an annual competition that aims to raise awareness of the threats facing some of New Zealand’s …

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New research points to fishing bycatch as a major cause of the alarming decline of Antipodean albatrosses. The report underlines the need for urgent action to fix New Zealand's fishing rules, and save a bird with the same threat status as the kākāpō, …

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