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, who is leading the campaign to save one of New Zealand's most significant conservation battles: the fight to save t
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.
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