For our 100th birthday issue, we celebrate the power of hope and action in conservation as embodied by Dr Jane Goodall, who visited New Zealand recently and was interviewed by Forest & Bird’s chief executive Nicola Toki.
Jo Tilson explains how a Forest & Bird branch has been working for three decades to save mohua in the Makarora Valley, including responding to a recent rat invasion. Meanwhile, one of 23 reports of “possible” encounters with South Island kōkako came from a Forest & Bird reserve!
In looking after our lakes, our freshwater advocate Tom Kay explains how the local community came together to stop Lake Taupō becoming polluted in the 1990s. He explains why Forest & Bird is worried about government plans to reverse existing freshwater protections and the potential impact on our precious lakes, rivers, and wetlands.
Professor Steve Trewick talks about his exciting discovery of a new genus of cave wētā on the Denniston Plateau during a Forest & Bird bioblitz. This area is under threat from new coal mines being approved under the flawed Fast-Track Approvals Bill.
You can read about the latest in Forest & Bird’s campaign to stop the government’s War on Nature, while conservation ecologist Dr Manu Davison and our regional manager Dr Chantal Pagel explain why protecting nature’s diversity is vital for human wellbeing.
All this and much more in your spring issue: Meet your new president Kate Graeme, DNA detectives, ode to alpine flowers, forest bathing, steampunk penguins, and our 2024 Forest & Bird award winners.
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