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Media Release – Tuesday 7 February 2012 – Wellington
Quota Management System no guarantee of sustainability :... [ Read More ]
Ross Sea threatened by another fishing vessel disaster
The Korean fishing vessel on fire (the Jung Woo 2) is the second fishing vessel in trouble this... [ Read More ]
A group of environmental organisations that last year successfully defended national parks from mining is asking the government to keep its promise to give New Zealanders a say about a new... [ Read More ]
New York, 6 December 2011: The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has today adopted a resolution on Oceans and Sustainable Fisheries which calls on high seas fishing nations to take... [ Read More ]
Local residents and anti-mining group Coromandel Watchdog today blocked Newmont mining activities in forestry and conservation land in the Kauaeranga Valley near Thames and then escorted... [ Read More ]
No time has been more important to re-think coastal management says the Environment and Conservation Organisations... [ Read More ]
Antarctic Alliance calls on CCAMLR to prioritise Marine Protection for looming 2012 deadline as delegates commit to framework
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20 October 2011
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Greenpeace statement on Rena oil spill
Auckland 7th October, 2011. Greenpeace today expressed extreme... [ Read More ]
ECO Special Appeal 2011
ECO’s championing of the public voice for the environment is vital today as the need for it becomes ever more pressing. Recently there have been legislative... [ Read More ]
Auckland, 10 August, 2011 – Greenpeace has run a full page advertisement, (1) in this week’s issue of a women’s magazine calling on Sealord to change its canned tuna to more sustainable... [ Read More ]
Hui commits to stop expansion of fossil fuels extraction
Auckland, July 31st 2011: Iwi, community... [ Read More ]
SOS - Save our Species: New call for proposals open!
The first call for proposals for Save Our Species... [ Read More ]
The Waitangi Tribunal Flora and Fauna Wai 262 report[1] is thoughtful, constructive and deserving of careful consideration, says the Environment and Conservation Organisations of NZ Inc,... [ Read More ]
While the prognosis improves for Happy Feet, all emperor penguins are at grave risk of extinction from climate change by the end of the century, the Environment and Conservation Organisations... [ Read More ]
The loss of over 100 jobs at the Department of Conservation is a body blow and will severely impact their capacity, the Environment and Conservation Organisations... [ Read More ]
The Environment and Conservation Organisations (ECO) welcomed... [ Read More ]
Environmental and Conservation Organisations co-chair Barry Weeber, said ECO... [ Read More ]
ECO Annual Conference: Resilient Environment, Resilient Communities
Auckland - 1-3 July
Friday, the first day of the Conference, is to be in the... [ Read More ]
Our very... [ Read More ]
Little progress at Antarctic marine meeting
November 5, 2010 – Hobart, Australia: The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC), a global... [ Read More ]
New Zealand’s food and environmental safety regulators need either some major staff changes, political policy push or a culture change, if public safety is to be considered properly,... [ Read More ]
The Government decision not to take areas from Schedule Four is welcome, but the Government decision to give the Minister of Energy and Resources effective control over mining access to... [ Read More ]
The environment is at risk from the government's outdated economic strategy and the suppression of community voice. These were the conclusions from the well-attended Environment and... [ Read More ]
On World Oceans Day tomorrow (June 8) New Zealand’s leading independent conservation groups are meeting to work on the current unprecedented threats to our marine environment and natural... [ Read More ]
The Government decision to establish an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fully fledged is welcomed but more detail is needed to determine whether it will be effective or have the funds to... [ Read More ]
The release of the revised New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement was welcomed by the Environment and Conservation Organisations (ECO) today.
ECO was responding to the release of the report... [ Read More ]
The Government needs urgently to fill gaps in maritime law so it has environmental measures in place to control oil exploration and mining on the continental shelf the Environment and... [ Read More ]
ECO Spokesperson, Barry Weeber, said the Government should... [ Read More ]
The Acting-Minister of Fisheries decision to increase the catch limit for the critically endangered southern bluefin tuna and not to cut the catches of the overfished Gisborne or East Cape... [ Read More ]
The Government’s decision to oppose a measure to protect Atlantic bluefin tuna at the Convention on the Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting has appalled the Environment and... [ Read More ]
The Government should stop looking at opening up more conservation land to mining and removing regulations designed to protect the environment, the Environment and Conservation Organisations... [ Read More ]
Greenpeace is calling for the closure of the southern bluefin tuna fishery and the immediate withdrawal... [ Read More ]
The Government should stop looking at opening up more conservation land to mining and removing regulations designed to protect the environment, the Environment and Conservation Organisations... [ Read More ]
The Environment and Conservation Organisations (ECO) today welcomed New Zealand signing the South Pacific regional fisheries management agreement.
ECO Co-chairperson, Cath Wallace, said... [ Read More ]
Analysis of New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) pesticide residue results out yesterday show strawberries laced with multiple residues and dodgy chicken take-aways in Auckland.... [ Read More ]
Organic sector members opposed to AgResearch’s continuing efforts to experiment on genetically engineered (GE) animals have taken a look at the facility that threatens to further tarnish New... [ Read More ]
Bay of Islands Coastal Watchdog INC (BOICW) is concerned about public understanding of the complex issues following television, radio, print and online media reporting in relation to the above... [ Read More ]
Non-governmental organisations attending the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) ; negotiations in Auckland... [ Read More ]
The campaign comes in the wake of plans for a large hydro dam on the West... [ Read More ]
The National and Maori Parties’ agreed changes to the New Zealand Emissions Trading System are a major disappointment and will more than halve the effectiveness of the control of climate and... [ Read More ]
The Emissions Trading Scheme should be strengthened with no cap on carbonprices to ensure all those that emit greenhouse gases have an equal incentive toreduce their emissions and to ensure... [ Read More ]
It is time the Government ended the special status for mineral activity on conservation land, the Environment and Conservation Organisations said today.
ECO spokesperson, Barry Weeber,... [ Read More ]
Fonterra, the world’s largest dairy exporter, must take responsibility for the part it plays in rainforest destruction and the massive greenhouse gas emissions that result from this... [ Read More ]
Auckland, New Zealand — New Zealand’s highly conditional emissions reduction target of 10-20 per cent has been strongly criticised by the head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate... [ Read More ]
Pesticide residues in the New Zealand diet are being downplayed by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA), according to two advocacy groups. The comments of the Soil & Health... [ Read More ]
The government is misleading people into thinking that they will be $30 on average worse off than they now with the greenhouse gas target when in fact they will still be much better off said... [ Read More ]
Auckland, New Zealand — Environmental and non-commercial fishing groups have put aside their differences and formed an unprecedented alliance to combat the decline of fish stocks and marine... [ Read More ]
Federated Farmers GE statements show they are confused about what clean and green means, and appear to be influenced by the vested interests of one of their provincial presidents, according to... [ Read More ]
The biotech lobby group, Life Sciences appears confused about the birds and the bees, according to the Soil & Health Association of New Zealand.
Quoted in today’s Christchurch... [ Read More ]
“The government is focusing on the fiscal crises and... [ Read More ]
Free long black and flat white coffees... [ Read More ]
ECO... [ Read More ]
“Parliament should slow down the process of... [ Read More ]
350 parts per million (ppm) is the safe concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for the planet. The current global concentration is 387ppm and increasing at 2ppm each year. Let's... [ Read More ]
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama recorded a message for the Global Climate Summit, promising "a new chapter of American leadership on climate change."
Local Government has embarked on... [ Read More ]
The land being converted is part of the Kinleith Forest and owned by... [ Read More ]
“The intensification of New Zealand’s dairy sector is an environmental calamity and... [ Read More ]
The Government has failed, despite promises since 1999 to introduce legislation to control the environmental effects of activity in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Now Parliament has risen... [ Read More ]
The National Party needs to give more details on what it proposes to do on climate change, the emission trading regime, the Resource Management Act and the Department of Conservation, the... [ Read More ]
We have recently been offered a new fundraising opportunity that will take little time on your part, but that will be a huge help to our fundraising efforts. (Over $45,000 has been paid to 5... [ Read More ]
ECO spokesperson, Cath Wallace, said ECO is... [ Read More ]
The Environment and Conservation Organisations today welcomed the report back of the much improved Biofuels Bill.
ECO spokesperson, Barry Weeber, said the Select Committee had responded... [ Read More ]
The expulsion of Shell Oil from Ogoni country in the Niger Delta by the Nigerian Government was hailed in Wellington today by the Environment and Conservation Organisations of NZ as a wake up... [ Read More ]
The Environment and Conservation Organisations today broadly welcomed the decisions of the Minister of Fisheries, Jim Anderton, and the Minister of Conservation, Steve Chadwick, to reduce the... [ Read More ]
The Budget 2008 has largely left New Zealand’s environment and conservation estate and threatened species out in the cold says the Environment and Conservation Organisations of NZ... [ Read More ]
The Environmental Trading Scheme has to be strengthened to ensure all those that emit greenhouse gases have an equal incentive to reduce their emissions, the Environment and Conservation... [ Read More ]
Households and taxpayers will have to subsidise SUV drivers, dairy farmers, and industry polluters for much longer with the changes to the emissions trading system announced today by the Prime... [ Read More ]
ECO welcomed the Government's putting measures in place to implement the Interim Measures agreed for bottom fishing on the High Seas in the South Pacific.
ECO spokesperson, Barry Weeber,... [ Read More ]
The substantial job losses pending at the Department of Conservation come just days after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs gained huge amounts of extra funding, particularly in the area of... [ Read More ]
The Environment and Conservation Organisations today expressed its disappointment that the High Court had overturned a decision of the Minister of Fisheries, Jim Anderton, to reduce the quota... [ Read More ]
The Government has again dropped the ball when it comes to real marine protection, says ECO, the Environment and Conservation Organisations of NZ. in response to today’s release of the... [ Read More ]
For further information Contact Barry Weeber 021-738-807 or Cath Wallace 021-891-994
The Environment and Conservation Organisations of NZ... [ Read More ]The Surfbreak Protection Society is calling for the Minister of Conservation to call in the consents for the Whangamata Marina.
Surfbreak Protection Society president Paul Shanks says:... [ Read More ]
Hobart and Wellington – 7 November 2007
The Environment and Conservation Organisations (ECO) welcomed the major step forward in protecting the Antarctic marine environment agreed last... [ Read More ]
Coromandel Watchdog has won a milestone legal battle to protect conservation and coastal land in the Thames Coromandel District from mining. In a decision released today the... [ Read More ]
The Environment & Conservation Organisations of NZ (ECO), Federated Mountain Clubs, Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society, Sustainable Energy Forum, WWF-New Zealand, NZ Farm Forestry... [ Read More ]
The National Energy Strategy and the National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy (NEECS) are a major step forward in the road towards a sustainable energy measures for New Zealand,... [ Read More ]
The greenhouse gas control measures including the proposed emissions trading scheme announced by ministers today are very welcome, says the Environment and Conservation Organisations of New... [ Read More ]
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE
The Environment & Conservation Organisations of NZ (ECO), Federated Mountain Clubs, Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society, Sustainable Energy Forum, World... [ Read More ]
The Department of Conservation and the Ministry of Fisheries has released a threat management plan (TMP) for the Hector’s and its north island sub-species Maui’s dolphin.
Hector’s... [ Read More ]
Parliamentary Reviews
There is a range of Bills which have environmental implications or affect environment groups currently in front of Parliament.
... [ Read More ]Environmentalists and groups including farmers on the weekend agreed on the need for urgent action to protect rivers and water ecosystems and for action on climate change.
The national... [ Read More ]
The revelation that agents of Solid Energy, the coal mining State Owned Enterprise, employed people to infiltrate and to spy on an environmental organization is alarming, says ECO co-chair... [ Read More ]
The fishing industry Accord with the Minister of Fisheries, Jim Anderton, is a fake and a sham which offers “protection” from bottom trawling where virtually no bottom trawling occurs,... [ Read More ]
ECO needs a new Executive Officer as Kate Lower is moving on after five years with us.
This is a full time position (30 hours) with a broad range of duties, which support ECO’s... [ Read More ]
The Energy Strategy released by the government today is a major step forward and shows that coal is not a viable part of the New Zealand energy picture.
“On existing prices, New... [ Read More ]
Friday 24 November 2006, United Nations, New York: Negotiations at the UN to adopt a possible moratorium on bottom trawling in international waters have been torpedoed by a small number of... [ Read More ]
The European Commission, Russia and Korea blocked prolonged attempts in Hobart at reaching agreement to limit bottom trawling and pelagic (mid water) trawling in the South Pacific this week.... [ Read More ]
Amsterdam, Monday 30 Oct 2006: An international coalition of more than 60 environmental groups has called on New Zealand to pull its bottom trawl fishing fleet out of the international waters... [ Read More ]
UNITED NATIONS (Tuesday, October 3) –
Actress Sigourney Weaver today joined a coalition representing more than 60 conservation organizations from around the world at United Nations...
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The Environment and Conservation Organisations today welcomed the decision by the Minister of Fisheries, Jim Anderton, to cut orange roughy quotas in the north and on the Chatham Rise but said... [ Read More ]
Tuesday, 12 September 2006. Press Release: Joint Media Statement *Slippery Slope for deep sea life as Govt proposes soft stance at UN on bottom trawling*
While it is good to see the New... [ Read More ]
A report prepared by NIWA... [ Read More ]
Kaiaua, Firth of Thames, 2 July 2006 --The continued degradation of our marine and coastal environment and the urgency of climate change were top of the agenda at a summit of 67 of New... [ Read More ]
The Environment and Conservation Organisations of NZ says that yesterday’s budget is environmentally blind.
“The Budget invests heavily in social capital but does virtually nothing to... [ Read More ]
The Environment and Conservation Organisations of NZ says the IEA’s call for urgent action on climate change and for measures to send a price of carbon through the economy is welcome. “It... [ Read More ]
Solid Energy's environmental report in which it says it has delivered on its environmental goals misses perhaps the largest environmental effect of all: climate destabilising global warming -... [ Read More ]
Abandonment of the carbon charge to reduce New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions is the first major broken promise for this government and is cowardly and deeply irresponsible, says the... [ Read More ]
“In a... [ Read More ]
Green MP Rod Donald will be sorely missed by those with a commitment to a more democratic New Zealand, to the environment and social justice. ECO joins his family, friends and close... [ Read More ]
Environment and Conservation Organisations of New Zealand (ECO), Forest and Bird and Greenpeace will be launching a voters’ guide to where political parties stand on conservation and... [ Read More ]
“National is cynically trying to buy votes by promising to axe the... [ Read More ]
Representatives of Environment and Conservation... [ Read More ]
"National has plumbed new depths in... [ Read More ]
ECO is extremely sorry to hear of our environment colleague Kevin Smith's death. He was a redoubtable, tenacious and well informed conservationist who has done a huge amount for New... [ Read More ]
Three national conservation and environmental organisations are urging voters to consider the country’s long term future at this election.
Environment and Conservation Organisations of... [ Read More ]
Changes to the Resource Management Act passed in Parliament last night put the interests of industry and state owned enterprises above the environmental concerns of mainstream New... [ Read More ]
The National Party's fisheries policy is likely to lead to greater destruction of the marine environment, more fisheries collapses and therefore further fishing industry job losses, according... [ Read More ]
National Party environment spokesperson Nick Smith today made an 'absolute commitment' that a National-led government would not split up the Department of Conservation at the Royal Forest and... [ Read More ]
Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (New Zealand arm) Today the New Zealand arm of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (1) released a report and photographs that debunk the fishing industry's... [ Read More ]
Greenpeace International, Deep Sea Coalition,
UNICPOLOS Panel Presentation:
World Oceans Day 2005:
´Putting Humanity before Technology¡
Every year for the... [ Read More ]
ECO today welcomed the Government's announcement that it will introduce a carbon charge as a step in the right direction to deal with climate change.
“ECO is pleased the Government... [ Read More ]
Kyoto Protocol Welcomed: NZ Urged to Turn Away from Coal, Extend Commitments
The entry today into force of the Kyoto Protocol was today welcomed by ECO, the national organisation that...
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The national environment coalition, ECO, today condemned most of the government’s changes to the Resource Management Act, which were expected to be debated in Parliament today, but said... [ Read More ]
The New Zealand contingent of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) comprising ECO, WWF-New Zealand, Forest and Bird and Greenpeace placed an advertisement in Wellington newspapers today.... [ Read More ]
New information has revealed shocking favouritism and failure to consult by the Thames Coromandel District Council (TCDC) prior to the decision to change their Proposed District Plan to allow... [ Read More ]
Resource Management Act
Environment loses out, changes will destabilise policy, favour "think big" applicants
Changes... [ Read More ]
The Coromandel environmental group, Peninsula Watchdog, is appealing to bach owners and other absentee ratepayers in Auckland and Hamilton to... [ Read More ]
Moves by the government to improve implementation of the Resource Management Act and to provide information to people participating in Resource Management Act processes are welcome and are all... [ Read More ]
Guest speakers will be the Hon. David... [ Read More ]
Media Release – for Thursday 10 June 2004 - Wellington
Official Figures show Orange Roughy Fishing not Sustainable – Minister of... [ Read More ]
The first decision of the ECO Executive Committee on the government’s statements regarding its proposed policy on the Foreshore and Seabed was that the timeline for the consultation on the... [ Read More ]
"Planting genetically engineered radiata pine and spruce trees is a waste of time and money because their products will not be acceptable under international plantation standards to which New... [ Read More ]
Federated Farmers' campaign to get out of paying the methane levy is hypocritical and self-indulgent and should be ignored as the temper tantrum of a spoilt child says the Environment and... [ Read More ]
The Environment and Conservation Organisations of NZ (ECO) today issued a package of proposals for a sustainable electricity future and called on the Cabinet today not to be "fossil fools" by... [ Read More ]
25th-27th April
Hui presented by ECO, Environment & Conservation Oganisations of NZ, in association with the Kaitaia Environment Centre
Objectives are to enhance the... [ Read More ]
New Zealand needs law for a legal "right to know" for communities when the environment or health may be affected, says the Environment and Conservation Organisations of NZ, ECO, says... [ Read More ]
JOINT LETTER to the PRIME MINISTER from: Combined Trade Unions (CTU), ECO (representing 65 environment organisations), Greenpeace, Peace Foundation, The Body Shop NZ, Women's International... [ Read More ]
The Government is intending to pass an amendment to the Resource Management Act that will severely reduce the quality of environmental decision-making, says Forest and Bird.
The Resource... [ Read More ]
Auckland; New Zealand's ratification of the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change today means the Protocol only needs Russia for it to come into force.
"New Zealand's decision to ratify Kyoto... [ Read More ]
The Climate Change policy announced today by the government will not do enough to slow greenhouse gas pollution and is too, little too late, says Cath Wallace, of the environmental coalition,... [ Read More ]
The Government’s final package of climate change policies, released today, shows a serious lack of intent in preventing dangerous climate change.
The early depletion of Maui gas... [ Read More ]
The Terrorism Suppression Bill remains far too wide in scope and should be withdrawn for re-drafting says the Environment and Conservation Organisations of NZ, ECO.
"The essence of... [ Read More ]
Suggestions by Energy Minister Pete Hodgson that the Conservation Act should be amended to allow conservation areas to be made available for other purposes were rejected with impatience and... [ Read More ]
Wellington , The make-up of any coalition after the election will be crucial for the environment according to a report which contains an analysis of party policies released today by environment,... [ Read More ]
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