Forest & Bird

Forest & Bird (Māori: Te Reo o te Taiao), also known by its formal name as the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand, is an environmental organisation specialising in the protection and conservation of New Zealand's indigenous flora and fauna and unique wild places and natural ecosystems.[2] Forest & Bird are also actively engaged in advocating and lobbying for resource management law and practices to more consistently protect ecosystems.In 1921, after his return from the First World War, the then Captain Val Sanderson was angered that the Kapiti Island wildlife reserve was unfenced and extensively damaged by cattle, sheep and goats.[16] Key also labelled news coverage quoting Forest & Bird's revelations of the Government's intentions for mining conservation land as "hysterical".[17] A week later, as predicted by Forest & Bird,[18] the Government released the "Schedule 4 stocktake" proposal to open up 7058 hectares of protected conservation land for mining.
Logo in use until November 2009
Former National Office building in Wellington, now at 205 Victoria Street
ConservationWellingtonNicola TokiMāorienvironmental organisationNew ZealandAucklandChristchurchNelsonDunedinenvironmental law in New ZealandVal SandersonKapiti IslandThomas MackenziePinus radiataSave Manapouri campaignBeech Forest Action CommitteeMaruia DeclarationBird of the YearkākāpōNew Zealand long-tailed batLorde'sTe Ao MāramaKevin HagueLake ManapouriNew Zealand sea lionMackenzie BasinEscarpment Mine ProjectDenniston PlateaudammingMōkihinui RiverJohn KeyscaremongeringPaparoa National ParkGreat Barrier IslandCoromandel PeninsulaCrown Minerals Act 1991An Encyclopaedia of New ZealandA. H. McLintockTe Ara Encyclopedia of New ZealandDictionary of New Zealand BiographyMinistry for Culture and HeritageWayback MachineThe New Zealand HeraldFacebook