Fiordland Kiwi Diaries: Back to catching adult kiwi
MIL OSI – Source: Department of Conservation – Release/Statement Headline: Fiordland Kiwi Diaries: Back to catching adult kiwi We caught up with Tim, a ranger on the front lines of the Save Our Iconic Kiwi initiative. This is the twelfth in a series following the work he’s doing to save the Fiordland tokoeka (kiwi). Tim and […]
Read More →Falco – the conservation dog-in-training
MIL OSI – Source: Department of Conservation – Release/Statement Headline: Falco – the conservation dog-in-training Meet Falco. He’s exactly like Zorro, but without the cape … or the mask … or a sword … and he’s a dog … so really nothing like Zorro, except for the dashing good looks and exotic name. Falco is a […]
Read More →Hope for Critically Endangered Mekong River Dolphins as Population Increases for First Time
MIL OSI – Source: World Wildlife Fund – Release/Statement Headline: Hope for Critically Endangered Mekong River Dolphins as Population Increases for First Time Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 23, 2018 — After decades of seemingly irreversible decline, results from a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Government of Cambodia census released today show that the population of […]
Read More →Fluffy seabirds with a bite
MIL OSI – Source: Department of Conservation – Release/Statement Headline: Fluffy seabirds with a bite This is the second blog post in a three-part series following the translocation of up to 100 intrepid seabirds from Whenua Hou Island to the Maungaharuru Range in the Hawke’s Bay. Kia ora. We’re now well into the work here on […]
Read More →Busting the Oil and Gas industry’s Alternative Facts about Jacinda’s offshore oil exploration ban.
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Busting the Oil and Gas industry’s Alternative Facts about Jacinda’s offshore oil exploration ban. After Jacinda’s historic announcement that brought an end to new offshore oil and gas exploration, we’ve been hearing a lot from the industry about how the sky is about to fall in. Fun […]
Read More →Biodiversity on your doorstep
MIL OSI – Source: Department of Conservation – Release/Statement Headline: Biodiversity on your doorstep Did you know you can find out what species live near you? Thanks to our new, interactive biodiversity information tool you can explore up to date biodiversity data across New Zealand’s conservation land. Our national biodiversity monitoring programme collects the data […]
Read More →WWF Statement on the Agriculture Committee’s Passage of the Farm Bill
MIL OSI – Source: World Wildlife Fund – Release/Statement Headline: WWF Statement on the Agriculture Committee’s Passage of the Farm Bill In response to the House Committee on Agriculture’s passage of H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, World Wildlife Fund released the following statement from Dr. Melinda Cep, senior director of policy […]
Read More →Fiordland Kiwi Diaries: Nest check for Pegleg and Sinbad Colby
MIL OSI – Source: Department of Conservation – Release/Statement Headline: Fiordland Kiwi Diaries: Nest check for Pegleg and Sinbad Colby We caught up with Tim, a ranger on the front lines of the Save Our Iconic Kiwi initiative. This is the eleventh in a series following the work he’s doing to save the Fiordland tokoeka […]
Read More →Royal cam albatross dies in tough season for colony
MIL OSI – Source: Department of Conservation – Release/Statement Headline: Royal cam albatross dies in tough season for colony Otago Peninsula’s Royal cam albatross chick died after it was attacked yesterday by a parent bird during a tough breeding season for the colony at Pukekura/Taiaroa Head says DOC.
Read More →Wandering in the wild: the Kahurangi takahē
MIL OSI – Source: Department of Conservation – Release/Statement Headline: Wandering in the wild: the Kahurangi takahē By Julie Harvey, Takahē Advocacy Ranger. There are takahē wandering in the wild in Kahurangi National Park! This was the first thought that popped into my head this morning. This is so remarkable as they weren’t there over […]
Read More →Another win for GE FREE NZ
MIL OSI – Source: GE Free New Zealand – Release/Statement Headline: Another win for GE FREE NZ The Soil & Health Association welcomes a decision released today by the Environment Court declining Federated Farmers’ attempt to challenge regulation of genetically modified organisms under the RMA. In the latest case before the Environment Court, Whangarei […]
Read More →Sardine smoothies and intrepid seabirds
MIL OSI – Source: Department of Conservation – Release/Statement Headline: Sardine smoothies and intrepid seabirds What do you get if you cross 100 intrepid seabirds, a 1,131-kilometre flight, sardine smoothies and a huge amount of volunteer support? A highly ambitious translocation of kōrure/mottled petrel chicks from Whenua Hou/Codfish Island to the Maungaharuru Range. Kia ora, […]
Read More →Greenpeace Oil Campaign: Seven years in the wilderness
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Greenpeace Oil Campaign: Seven years in the wilderness Steve Abel A photograph popped up on my Facebook feed recently, saying – “seven years ago today”. It was a shot of the crew from the Oil Free Seas flotilla being welcomed onto Waititi Marae at the isolated […]
Read More →Promising future for planting by machine
MIL OSI – Source: Department of Conservation – Release/Statement Headline: Promising future for planting by machine By Sue Streatfield, Partnerships Ranger Last year we shared the story about an Aussie invention that could sow the seeds of native trees and shrubs directly into the ground, offering a cost-effective, labour-saving alternative to planting. New Zealand’s first […]
Read More →WWF Statement on Announcement of the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018
MIL OSI – Source: World Wildlife Fund – Release/Statement Headline: WWF Statement on Announcement of the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 In response to the announcement of the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) issued the following statement from Melinda Cep, senior director for policy, food and markets: “With specifics now […]
Read More →Volunteering with whio in Turangi
MIL OSI – Source: Department of Conservation – Release/Statement Headline: Volunteering with whio in Turangi Massey University student, Victoria Buckley, tells us about her opportunity to work at the Whio Crèche in Turangi this summer. This summer I was given the opportunity to work at the Whio Crèche, also called the Hardening Facility which is based […]
Read More →Geckos shoulder backpacks for trip to Mana Island
MIL OSI – Source: Department of Conservation – Release/Statement Headline: Geckos shoulder backpacks for trip to Mana Island A group of geckos on Mana Island near Wellington were fitted with tiny backpacks today, as researchers hope to shed light on how far they move when transferred to new homes
Read More →Google and World Wildlife Fund Use Technology to Teach Students About the Environment
MIL OSI – Source: World Wildlife Fund – Release/Statement Headline: Google and World Wildlife Fund Use Technology to Teach Students About the Environment San Francisco, Calif (April 9, 2018) – Google and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are working together to provide students around the world the resources to learn more about the environment and coding […]
Read More →WWF Statement on Taiwan’s Announcement to Ban Ivory Trade
MIL OSI – Source: World Wildlife Fund – Release/Statement Headline: WWF Statement on Taiwan’s Announcement to Ban Ivory Trade In response to Taiwan’s commitment to ban domestic ivory trade by January 1, 2020, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) issued the following statement from Jan Vertefeuille, senior director for advocacy and wildlife conservation: “We hope this is […]
Read More →Unprecedented Collaring Effort Aims to Protect Tanzania’s Threatened Elephants
MIL OSI – Source: World Wildlife Fund – Release/Statement Headline: Unprecedented Collaring Effort Aims to Protect Tanzania’s Threatened Elephants DAR ES SALAAM – In Tanzania, the government, with support from World Wildlife Fund (WWF), has launched the country’s largest ever elephant collaring effort to protect its dwindling elephant population. With almost 90 percent of the […]
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