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.

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 is calling on the Government to create a new scientific reserve covering the Denniston Plateau on the West Coast to save it from being mined for coal. 

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.