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Fiji Petrel gets support from the Flagship Species Fund

25. April 2013

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Fiji Petrel gets support from the Flagship Species Fund

With nearly 150 applicants and only eight recipients, NatureFiji-MareqetiViti’s Critically Endangered Fiji Petrel Project is proud to receive support from the prestigious Flagship Species Fund…

Plan to save New Zealand seabirds heralds changes to fishing practises

24. April 2013

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Plan to save New Zealand seabirds heralds changes to fishing practises

BirdLife Partner, Forest & Bird is welcoming the release of a government-approved statement of intent to save native seabirds, including endangered albatrosses and petrels, from being killed by commercial and non-commercial fishing activity…

Suwarrow Blog Four – A very Pacific voyage

23. April 2013

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Suwarrow Blog Four – A very Pacific voyage

The third of many blogs from wildlife filmmaker Nick Hayward as he joins a team from BirdLife and Te Ipukarea Society (BirdLife in the Cook Islands) eradicating rats from Suwarrow – a seabird mecca in the South Pacific. In this blog the team load their boat with supplies and learn about the traditional canoe which will bring them back…

Pioneering investment to protect Pacific ecosystems presents new opportunity for donors

22. April 2013

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Conservationists and stakeholders in the Pacific region urge greater community engagement, government support, and new funding approaches to build on the strong results of Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) program to ensure natural resources are secured for the benefit of people.

Suwarrow Blog Two – A beacon of hope

22. April 2013

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The second of many blogs from award-winning wildlife filmmaker Nick Hayward as he joins a team from BirdLife and Te Ipukarea Society (BirdLife in the Cook Islands) who are preparing spend a month eradicating rats from one of the remotest atolls in the South Pacific. In this blog Nick visits the Takitumu Conservation Area and learns how the Rarotonga Monarch shows how invasive species control can make a significant impact…

Suwarrow Blogger – Introducing Nick Hayward

19. April 2013

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An introduction to award-winning wildlife filmmaker Nick Hayward who is part of a team from BirdLife and Te Ipukarea Society (BirdLife in the Cook Islands) who are about to spend a month eradicating rats from one of the remotest atolls in the South Pacific…

Thousands of Kiwis show their love for DOC

18. April 2013

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Messages of support from thousands of New Zealanders are being stuck onto Department of Conservation (DOC) office windows across the country, as part of a national Love DOC Day today…

Suwarrow Blog One – Team arrives in the Cook Islands

18. April 2013

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Suwarrow Blog One – Team arrives in the Cook Islands

The first of many blogs from award-winning wildlife filmmaker Nick Hayward as he joins a team from BirdLife and Te Ipukarea Society (BirdLife in the Cook Islands) who are preparing spend a month eradicating rats from one of the remotest atolls in the South Pacific…

Regent flight to recovery

18. April 2013

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Around 40 captive bred Critically Endangered Regent Honeyeater will be released in the Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park in Victoria’s North-east tomorrow according to BirdLife Australia…

Suwarrow Blog Introduction – Follow BirdLife’s Suwarrow Atoll adventure

17. April 2013

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Follow live updates from the BirdLife team as they spend a month eradicating rats from one of the remotest atolls in the South Pacific. Suwarrow Atoll, a necklace of remote Cook Islands land forms, has been renowned for many things over the centuries; a Pacific treasure trove, a hermit’s paradise and a birder’s wonderland. It would be perfect except for an invasion of rats….

Amazing 2012 breeding season for Tahiti Monarch

16. April 2013

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Amazing 2012 breeding season for Tahiti Monarch

The Critically Endangered Tahiti Monarch has enjoyed its most successful breeding season since Société d’Ornithologie de Polynésie began an intensive programme of nest protection in 1998.

NatureFiji-MareqetiViti welcome BirdLife Fiji staff

16. April 2013

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NatureFiji-MareqetiViti welcome BirdLife Fiji staff

NatureFiji-MareqetiViti has now merged with the Birdlife Fiji Progamme and has welcomed two new members of staff. Together the new team are managing a combined program of work in Fiji on community, conservation, ecosystem services and environmental education…

Nunia Thomas takes charge at NatureFiji-MareqetiViti

27. March 2013

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Nunia Thomas, NatureFiji-MareqetiViti’s Conservation Co-ordinator has been appointed Director, taking charge of Fiji’s most progressive local conservation organisation.