New Zealand's leading outdoor recreation groups have joined forces to call for the Conservation Amendment Bill's core aspects to be redrafted, in particular to provide public reassurance to New Zealanders that their recreational land is not for sale.

The Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand (FMC) is calling for three sections of the Conservation Amendment Bill to be dropped entirely.

“The purpose of the conservation estate and the Department of Conservation is in its name: Conservation,” says FMC President Megan Dimozantos, responding to [...]

In a win for UNESCO protection's integrity and conservation generally, a 15-hectare quarry proposal for old-growth forest in the Te Wāhipounamu – South [...]