New Zealand
Conservation Endocrinology Research Group
Website: http://ivabs.massey.ac.nz/resprog/cerg/
Conservation endocrinology is the study that provides a basis for solutions to conservation problems of animals. This site is sponsored by The Institute of Veterinary, Animal, and Biomedical Sciences (IVABS), which is one of eight institutes that form the College of Sciences at Massey University in New Zealand.
Contact: College of Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North (+64-6-350-4525) or email: g.a.mckenna@massey.ac.nz
Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood
Website: http://www.cohousing.pl.net/
Construction is well advanced on New Zealand’s first sustainable Eco-Neighbourhood project, incorporating the principles of cohousing and permaculture. Located in Waitakere City, Auckland, this innovative nonprofit development combines beautiful rammed earth walls, eco-technologies, healthy non-toxic materials, and neighbours who care!
Contact: P.O Box 70001, Auckland 1231 (+64-9-832 5558) or email: earthsong@xtra.co.nz
Ecology Discovery Foundation (Ecoglobe)
Website: http://www.ecoglobe.org/nz/index.htm
Ecoglobe provides neutral and realistic information about the environment so that people can then make informed choices. Although we are all concerned, and the environmental trends are increasingly worrying, factual evidence is abundant but not readily accessible, neither to the general public nor to its leaders. These web pages provide information that is based on the highest standard of factual ecological and economic knowledge, prepared in cooperation with renowned and absolutely independent scientists. 'Sustainability' is the buzz-word of our time. In simple terms, 'sustainability' means that we can continue doing what we do for a long time. But the environmental problems which we encounter, as pollution, ozone hole, climate change, soil erosion, overfishing, and others, show that there is something wrong with what we are doing, and that must be changed. Presently, our ways of living are clearly not sustainable. Therefore, sustainability must come to mean organising our lives in such a way that the planet can go on for a longer time, into the next century and beyond.
Contact: P.O. Box 24184, Wellington, New Zealand (+64-4-3843269) or email: welcome@ecoglobe.org.nz
Environmental Education Directory of New Zealand
Website: http://www.eednz.org.nz/
This National Directory is an outcome of several years of strategic planning for the sustainable management of our environment. The Government's Environment 2010 Strategy (September 1995) identified environmental education as an important means of encouraging responsible behaviour and enabling people to participate effectively in protecting and managing New Zealand's natural and physical resources. This led to the production of the 1998 National Strategy for Environmental Education -– Learning to Care for Our Environment. The range of materials included in this directory is extensive and includes a variety of approaches for education about the environment (information about environmental phenomena), education in the environment (field studies and other outdoor activities) and education for or with the environment (activities directed at influencing environmental concerns).
Contact: PO Box 6189, Marion Square, Wellington or email: jessica.wilson@paradise.net.nz
GE Free New Zealand
Website: http://www.gefree.org.nz/
GEFNZ is a nonprofit organisation with branches in the Kapiti Coast, Dunedin, Christchurch, Nelson, Wellington, Hawkes Bay, Taupo, and Auckland. By using resources available to it, it helps to promote making the NZ environment and food FREE of Genetically Engineered [GE] organisms.
Contact: P.O Box 693, Nelson (03-5467966) or email: susie@tasman.net
GreenPages Directory
Website: http://www.greenpages.org.nz/
This is a comprehensive and dynamic directory of about 130 nonprofit organisations active in the areas of conservation and environmental protection, education, and restoration, in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Kaipatiki Ecological Restoration Project (KERP)
Website: http://www.kaipatiki.org.nz/
This is a community based organisation providing environmental education and restoration services which are available to the general public, schools, and community groups on a number of such topics as waste minimisation, storm water, pollution, mangroves, pests and predators, flora and fauna, noxious weeds, and plant propagation.
Contact: 17 Lauderdale Rd, Birkdale, Auckland, New Zealand (09-482-1172) or email: education@kaipatiki.org.nz
Kakapo Recovery Program
Website: http://www.kakaporecovery.org.nz/kakapointro.html
There are six billion people on earth, but only 86 kakapo left on the planet. The kakapo holds all kinds of world records for birds. It is the heaviest parrot in the world. It is the only parrot that has a 'lek' breeding system and is probably the longest-lived bird species in the world. Working with scientists and others, this recovery program works hard to ensure that this bird does not go the way of so many that are being lost to the world. This site is an excellent resource for students.
Contact: C/- PO Box 631, Wellington (no email)
Kiwi Recovery Programme
Website: http://www.kiwirecovery.org.nz/Kiwi/Home/
Sponsored by the Bank of New Zealand, the Kiwi Recovery and Trust programmes are outlined on this site. The Trust is responsible for marketing, education, fundraising, and allocating funds, while the Recovery portion coordinates all kiwi recovery work in New Zealand. This includes work being done to research and monitor kiwi, actions to save them, and what is being done to promote its conservation among New Zealand communities.
Contact: (09-375-1084) or email: kiwirecoverytrust@bnz.co.nz
Mother's Against Genetic Engineering
Website: http://www.madge.net.nz/
MADGE is a rapidly growing network of politically non-aligned women who have decided to resist actively the use of genetically engineered organisms in their food and on their land. It is also networking nationally and has created an infrastructure that collects, correlates, and distributes information relating to genetic engineering. MADGE believes that GE ingredients must be proven to be 100% safe before any is fed to their families. Children are not guinea pigs, and they want the freedom to choose what is grown and eaten. MADGE also supports those companies who have committed to a GE-free status and boycotts and lobbies those who have not.
Contact: A long list is provided on the site.
Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
Website: http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/
MWLR is New Zealand's foremost environmental research organisation specialising in sustainable management of land resources, optimising primary production, enhancing biodiversity, increasing the resource efficiency of businesses, as well as conserving and restoring the natural assets of communities. The main objective is to make a difference for a truly, clean, green New Zealand.
Contact: Use the email form provided.
Manawa
Website: http://www.manawa.org.nz/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index
This site coordinates Auckland's Environmental Care Groups.
Mount Bruce National Wildlife Centre
Website: http://mtbruce.doc.govt.nz/
MBNWC offers a unique opportunity to see examples of New Zealand’s threatened and endangered wildlife and learn about wildlife conservation. Mount Bruce plays a central role in the survival of many threatened species through its captive breeding programmes, research, and public education. The Centre has been involved in breeding and rearing New Zealand’s rare and endangered birds for over 30 years. History was made when six North Island brown kiwi returned to the Pukaha/Mount Bruce forest.
Contact: info@mtbruce.doc.govt.nz
Natureandco.com in New Zealand
Website: http://www.natureandco.co.nz/index.php3
This site was created and is managed by Dr. Nicolas Chappaz, PhD in Geography from the University of Auckland. It is a purely private venture, independent of any organisation, government, vested interests, or formed body of influence and aims to provide comprehensive information and resources, specialising in New Zealand's nature. The site is divided into six main sections: land and wildlife; travel and adventure; the NZ Nature Store; conservation; people of the land; and a news archive. There are also links to information on the weather, snow, tides, earthquakes, and volcanic activity.
Contact: 46 Wendover Road, Glendowie, Auckland 1005 (++ 64-9-575-2286) or email: enquiries@natureandco.com
NatureSpace New Zealand
Website: http://www.naturespace.co.nz/
This site hosts a wealth of information on nature conservation in New Zealand.
Contact: naturemaster@naturespace.co.nz
New Zealand Birds
Website: http://www.nzbirds.com/index.html
This is a very lovely privately-developed website offering many beautiful pictures and much information on the birds of New Zealand. It also has an extensive listing for links to other bird organizations worldwide.
New Zealand Penguins
Website: http://www.penguin.net.nz/
This site is hosted by Dave Houston, who offers information and wonderful pictures on the many species of penguins found in New Zealand.
New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands
Website: http://whc.unesco.org/sites/877.htm
A World Heritage Site, these particular islands consist of five groups (the Snares, Bounty Islands, Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, and Campbell Island) in the Southern Ocean south-east of New Zealand. The islands, lying between the Antarctic and subtropical convergences and the seas, have a high level of productivity, biodiversity, wildlife population densities, and endemism among birds, plants, and invertebrates. They are particularly notable for the large number and diversity of pelagic seabirds and penguins that nest there. There are 126 bird species in total, including 40 seabirds of which five breed nowhere else in the world.
New Zealand Toxic Map
Website: http://www.greenpeace.org.nz/toxics-map/
Hosted by Greenpeace New Zealand, this site gives information on the topic of dioxins and its dangers.
90 Degrees
Website: http://www.90degrees.net.nz/
This is a network of people committed to providing clear and accurate information on the Genetically Engineering debate. 90 Degrees send out personalised, fortnightly updates with the latest GE news and ways for you to speak out and be heard. It is set up by individuals concerned about the prospect of releasing GE here and who want to encourage debate about whether that is the right thing for New Zealand.
Contact: Use the email form provided.
Organic Pathways
Website: http://www.organicpathways.co.nz/index.cfm
This site is for anyone who grows or eats organic food, whether for one's health, for the sake of the environment, to make a living, or for the pure joy of it. It provides information and links and covers not only organics, but subjects, products, and services related to the organic lifestyle.
Otago Peninsula
Website: http://www.albatross.org.nz/
The Otago Peninsula frames Dunedin's harbour, providing a spectacular setting for unique historical and natural features. For instance, the Royal Albatross Colony at Taiaroa Head, on the tip of the Peninsula, is the only mainland breeding colony of albatross in the world and, underneath the peace of the nature reserve lie the tunnels of Fort Taiaroa, established over 100 years ago to counter the threat of invasion from tsarist Russia.
Contact: (+64-3-478-0499) or email: reservations@albatross.org.nz
Reduce Your Rubbish
Website: http://www.reducerubbish.govt.nz/
New Zealanders throw away 3.6 million tonnes of rubbish every year. If this were measured in 9 tonne buses, it would equal 400,000 buses of rubbish -- that is more than 1,000 buses every day! The crazy thing is that about 65 percent of all of the "rubbish" could be recycled or composted instead. Burning rubbish is not a solution as this practice pollutes the air and may release toxic substances. Find out your options.
Contact: Ministry for the Environment, PO Box 10362, Wellington (04-917-7400) or email: info@reducerubbish.govt.nz
Tiki's Guide to Genetic Engineering
Website: http://www.oneworld.org/penguin/genetics/home.html
This children's site helps explain a difficult subject. Genetic engineering is about scientists altering the 'recipes' for making life -- the genes which you find in all living things. Doing this is very clever and could be very useful. But it all seems to be happening much too quickly, and nobody knows what the effects of making and eating such living things will be. Many kinds of life could be damaged. Suppose people eat 'genetic' food for many years. Will they be harmed by it? Nobody knows for sure.
Contact: tikithepenguin@oneworld.net
Weed Control Manual for the Bay of Plenty
Website: http://www.envbop.govt.nz/default.asp
This site gives an illustrated list of weeds, sorted by common and botanical names. It also has information on identification and the impact they make on the environment and management. The manual is designed to help you recognise and control weeds, but contains only those weeds that occur in a specific area of New Zealand, and only those which are a threat to environmental values or which must be controlled by statute. Some weeds are a minimal threat to mainland areas, but must be watched for on islands. Others are abundant in one place and rare in another. Yet others are new to some reserves and may be kept out of others by quick control action. The manual is designed to provide you with information to enable you not only to identify the weed with which you are dealing, but also to select the best control method available.
Contact: P O Box 364, Whakatane, New Zealand (0800-ENV-BOP (368-267) or email: info@envbop.govt.nz
