An editorial in today’s New Zealand Herald acknowledges the shortcomings of 1080 but ultimately recognises the findings of the comprehensive […]
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DoC defends kakapo against ecological triage
An Australian ecologist has suggested that efforts to prevent the extinction of the native kakapo should be abandoned in favour […]
Continue readingODT: Easiest option on marine reserves
An editorial in the Otago Daily Times discusses the news that the government will establish three large marine reserves, and […]
Continue readingMedia coverage: Key player in saving of kakapo dies
Richard Henry, the kakapo whose discovery in 1975 overturned the belief that kakapo had become extinct, has died. Henry, who […]
Continue readingONLINE BRIEFING: Biodiversity in 2010 – taking stock
2010, the International Year of Biodiversity, is drawing to a close. This year’s targets for global biodiversity conservation — the […]
Continue readingDom Post: Taking Kermadec arc off the mining map
Research, Science and Technology minister Wayne Mapp says he supports the protection of the Kermadec region, and hence the restriction […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Fish forever?
Peter Huck writes in the New Zealand Herald about our fisheries situation, the Quota Management System (introduced in the late […]
Continue readingSustainable mining? – scientists weigh in
ONLINE BRIEFING: Monday 3 May, 11 AM NZT Hidden beneath our stunning landscapes — and formed by the same relentless […]
Continue readingThe Press: Skinks slink to new home
David Williams reports in The Press on the moving of several endangered skinks to a new ‘skinkery’ which, it is […]
Continue readingTVNZ/NZPA: 3000 species near extinction, call for tougher laws
Massey scientist Mark Seabrook-Davison says that almost 3,000 species in New Zealand are severely threatened, and feels that current conservation […]
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