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Media Release Index 2001

New Zealanders love marine reserves (31 December 2001)
Opinion - Sea Change (28 December 2001)
The year in review - a conservation perspective (21 December 2001)
Open ocean marine reserves needed to save our oceans (21 December 2001)
Urgent action needed to save albatross and petrels from extinction (19 December 2001)
Labour threatens the RMA for Christmas (18 December 2001)
Marine farm moratorium important for environmental health of Auckland harbours (13 December 2001)
Launch of Forest and Bird's Marine Reserve Campaign (9 December 2001)
Forest and Bird mourns the loss of Sir Peter Blake (7 December 2001)
Forest and Bird appeals Kaipara aquaculture decision (6 December 2001)
Spread of painted apple moth is a biosecurity emergency (3 December 2001)
Aquaculture moratorium useful but too short (28 November 2001)
Reefton gold mine is toxic legacy from former National Government (21 November 2001)
Pest control is not just a game (21 November 2001)
Mosquitoes: enough is enough (14 November 2001)
Grape ban welcomed (7 November 2001)
Don't buy spiders! (5 November 2001)
Environment not on dairy industry's agenda (31 October 2001)
Protection of Jackson Bay from marine farms welcomed (29 October 2001)
Fishing industry's court action threatens the world's rarest marine dolphin with extinction (26 October 2001)
Aquaculture review too little, too late (25 October 2001)
WTO could impose trade sanctions against NZ over environmental laws (18 October 2001)
Spiders, mosquitoes - what next? (17 October 2001)
Speed restrictions positive step for grebe protection (9 October 2001)
Moratorium urgently needed to halt marine farming gold rush (9 October 2001)
Yet another dirty import(2 October 2001)
10 years of the RMA - progress in environmental protection(1 October 2001)
Overfishing of orange roughy and hoki continues(28 September 2001)
International bird expert sees New Zealand as one of top three sites in the world for migratory waders(27 September 2001)
Dairy Industry's "Market Focused" Environmental Guidelines(19 September 2001)
Fisheries "sustainability" decisions mixed (11 September 2001)
Smaller Reefton mine proposal still high risk and inappropriate in Victoria Conservation Park (29 August 2001)
Leading conservation organisations write in support of Sandra Lee (28 August 2001)
Macraes gold mine - three new issues (27 August 2001)
Macraes mine: New Zealand needs an environmental protection agency (21 August 2001)
Macraes' mine: Clean and green versus dirty development (21 August 2001)
Decision on Macraes' mine environmental common sense (18 August 2001)
North Island Hector's dolphins - saved from extinction (16 August 2001)
Dairy industry needs to do more to clean up its act (14 August 2001)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade needs lesson on biosecurity (14 August 2001)
North Island Hector's dolphin doomed to extinction (13 August 2001)
Macraes gold mine is political test for Government (12 August 2001)
Forest and Bird welcomes innovative water management by North Shore City Council (10 August 2001)
Proposed Reefton gold mine could eclipse Coromandel mining problems (10 August 2001)
Major water pollution problems likely from gold mine (7 August 2001)
Children write in support of Hector's Dolphin (6 August 2001)
1080 operation in Blue Mountains (6 August 2001)
Conservation Week (3 August 2001)
Urban water issues (3 August 2001)
Call to save Lake Pearson's Grebes (3 August 2001)
Government should rethink electricity model (27 July 2001)
Tasman District Council fails to control logging adequately (20 July 2001)
Forest and Bird asks for delay on consent hearing (20 July 2001)
Freeholding of alpine land unacceptable (17 July 2001)
Deer Deal Unacceptable (17 July 2001)
Federated Farmers need to do more to make clean green image a reality (17 July 2001)
Cat Policy Adopted by Forest and Bird (29 June 2001)
Status of Orange Roughy Fisheries Not Positive (27 June 2001)
Albatross and Petrels Agreement Welcomed (19 June 2001)
Environmental Challenge to "Global Co" (19 June 2001)
Prominent Ecologist New Forest And Bird President (16 June 2001)
Dairy impacts on lowland streams affect whitebait (5 June 2001)
West Coast Forests' Announcement - A Momentous Decision (30 May 2001)
Macraes Mine Would Impose Large Costs On Crown And Environment (21 May 2001)
Let's choose the kiwi over the ferret! (15 May 2001)
Seamount Protection Welcomed (14 May 2001)
Establishment of Rakiura National Park (11 May 2001)
Eco 2001 Budget Announcements Welcomed by Forest and Bird(10 May 2001)
Select Committee's Changes To Resource Management Bill Welcome(10 May 2001)
Phase out of leadshot welcomed (3 May 2001)
Forest and Bird’s Hoki-Seals Challenge to the Fishing Industry (2 May 2001)
Secret Catlin’s Logging Decision – Disgraceful (27 April 2001)
West Coast Development Trust (19 April 2001)
Road Proposals Similar To Smashing The Mona Lisa (11 April 2001)
Tourism development threatens world heritage site Pitcairn Island Wildlife and culture under threat (9 April 2001)
International Bird Meeting calls for Pacific-wide Biosecurity Effort (11 April 2001)
Used vehicles creating unnecessary biosecurity risks (10 April 2001)
Fiordland – A Park not a Port (9 April 2001)
Grass Carp Unlikely to Save Lake Omapere (9 April 2001)
Forest and Bird welcomes BirdLife International (6 April 2001)
Proposed Torlesse Conservation Park (5 April 2001)
Southern Rock Lobster Quota Cuts Welcomed (3 April 2001)
Horner Fund Approved By Forest and Bird Executive (2 April 2001)
DoC Management not to blame (28 March 2001)
Dairying industry threatens waterways (28 March 2001)
Deer are pests not game (26 March 2001)
Eradication of ants from trading ports urgently needed (9 March 2001)
Fire ants the latest sign of a biosecurity crisis (7 March 2001)
Deer recognised as Serious Pests not a Game Resource (27 February 2001)
Hector’s dolphin deaths alarming - immediate set net ban needed (26 February 2001)
Fast Tracking Gold Mine Is Environmentally Negligent (22 February 2001)
Forest and Bird Appoints New Conservation Manager (21 February 2001)
Government backs down on clean used vehicle imports (12 February 2001)
Gondola Be Gone (8 February 2001)
GE Possums opposed by Forest and Bird (8 February 2001)
Proposed Event in Dunedin
Boats out of control on Lake Pearson (11 January 2001)
Destruction at Okarito should stop (1 February 2001)

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