David Williams reports in The Press on the moving of several endangered skinks to a new ‘skinkery’ which, it is […]
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TVNZ/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 […]
Continue readingRadio NZ: Rare tree being revived on Three Kings
One of the world’s rarest trees, thought to be doomed, may have a chance for survival as conservationists fly to […]
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Dom Post: Fishing limit decisions ‘guesswork’
Nick Churchouse writes in the Dominion Post about the view of an eminent NZ scientist that decisions on commercial fishing […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Forfeit $20m to save Ross Sea, NZ urged
Eloise Gibson of the New Zealand Herald reports that NZ scientists are urging New Zealand to forfeit a lucrative fishing […]
Continue readingDominion Post: Bluenanas and predicting catastrophe
Bob Brockie of the Dominion Post writes in his latest opinion piece about some of the science that failed to […]
Continue readingProspect of mining conservation land stirs controversy
An announcement by Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee last week (at a conference of the Australian Institute of Mining […]
Continue readingPODCAST: John Watt and Amy Whitehead’s speeches from the MacDiarmid Scientist of the Year Awards 2009
The MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year Awards were held last Thursday in Auckland. The event awards aspiring young scientists […]
Continue readingSaturday Morning with Kim Hill: Amy Whitehead – Saving the Whio
Radio New Zealand’s Kim Hill interviews Amy Whitehead, overall runner-up of the MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year Awards 2009. […]
Continue readingConservation Week (7-14 September)
Conservation week takes place this week and is New Zealand’s biggest green event. It’s been running since 1969 and is […]
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