A petition to have one of Wairoa's main alternative roads sealed has attracted more than 240 signatures. Kiwi Road residents want it sealed to decrease dust nuisance, improve their health and overall lifestyle. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Passionate environmentalists are determined to preserve a significant piece of bush and wetlands, right on Auckland's doorstep.
Greenheart Group has signed a conditional deal to buy Northland Forest Managers (1995) for $1.5 million.
About half the 15,000 tree species in the Amazon - the world's most diverse forest - are threatened by deforestation, an international study says.
An urgent warning has been sounded for the trees remaining in Auckland's concrete jungle after researchers found there's scant protection left to save them from development.
Apple and the World Wildlife Fund will work together to manage as many as 1 million acres of forests across China.
In the first of a two-part series on New Zealand’s ‘vanishing nature’, author Marie Brown explains the country’s biodiversity crisis - and why things are getting worse.
A major financier has repossessed equipment from the owner of forestry business HarvestPro New Zealand.
The Dunedin City Council's group debt has dropped by more than $25 million on the back of stronger results by its companies, new figures show.
A cousin of the kangaroo could wreak havoc if it spreads through the Kaimai and Urewera ranges, conservationists fear.
China's demand for wood products is forecast to continue growing faster than its own domestic production, says New Zealand market data provider AgriHQ.
From his office window Mick Clout can see the outline of Hauraki Gulf islands in the hazy distance.
A company offering small forest owners less risky options for realising their investment was launched in Wellington today.
Machines which fell trees under remote control by operators standing at safe distances are being hailed as important new tools and a world first for reducing deaths and injuries in forests.
Get out the gumboots and spades, urges Dionne Christian, and plant natives to spruce up the region's parks.
Pellets laced with 1080 poison will be fed to trout to assess potential risks from the planned massive dump of the pesticide in native forests.
The humble radiata pine might not seem an obvious target for millions of dollars of research and development.
Officials have been impressed at new results of a C02-powered pest trap, which has matched 1080 poison in wiping out entire rat populations.
In South Island beech forests, rangers are collecting branches from the canopy of native forests to see how much food is around for native wildlife - and pests.
The Department of Conservation is planning to upset the stomachs of kea that scavenge for food from tourists - a move designed to save the birds' lives.
Tony Abbott's administration has been accused of being the most conservation-hostile in living memory.
Opponents of the controversial poison 1080 are furious at a planned bombardment and say the Conservation Minister is misleading the public.
Pest poison 1080 will be used to deal with an expected 30 million extra rats this year which threatens to "annihilate" the country's native endangered birds.
The export of logs to China is driving an increase in the value of NZ's forestry products - now worth more than $4.5 billion a year.
Labour spokesman says foreign firms' drive for big profits putting local industries in jeopardy.
With six deaths already this year, the forestry industry has been warned to clean up its act. But in the search for solutions, politics and money are distracting from the focus on the lives lost.
As more Kiwis look to South America for adventure, Karen Phelps compiles a bucket list for the continent.
It has took seven years for two nature lovers to produce a book capturing the uniqueness of our native trees.