Forest & Bird is asking Inland Revenue Te Tari Taake whether the fines for illegally draining a wetland are also tax deductible, after the department published a "how-to" on claiming expenses for destroying critical habitats.
Aotearoa New Zealand needs a nature-based solutions approach to climate change. Forest & Bird urges the Government and decision-makers to prioritise planting, restoring, and protecting native forests as a key climate action.
Forest & Bird’s iconic Bird of the Year competition is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year – two decades of campaigning, squawking, strategising, and sparking real action for our native birds.
Monthly Meeting: Scott Burnett - Denniston plateau
The speaker at our September meeting will be Scott Burnett, Forest and Bird Regional Conservation Manager for Te Tauihu/Top of the South, talking about the campaign to save Denniston plateau from mining.
Please find Forest & Bird's guidance on writing a submission on the Department of Conservation's Implementation plan for New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy is available below.
Join Youth Editor Jasmine Starr as she rediscovers decorator crabs in Aotearoa New Zealand and how seaweed should be the latest fashion trend. But no matter how pretty you look, camouflage is the goal, especially when there's a big, scary, cannibalistic predator looking for you...
New Zealand’s environment and communities will face greater pollution, increased biodiversity loss and environmental damage, with a long-term cost to the economy, if today’s Government rollbacks come into effect.
Forest & Bird says the Government’s lack of investment in New Zealand’s environment in Budget 2025 is deeply concerning given the importance of the environment to our economy and society.
Forest & Bird Wellington Branch are excited that Paul Ward, Founder, and Project Lead of the Capital Kiwi Project and Jeff Hall, Field Services Specialist will update us on their ambitious proj
