A Nature-Positive Future
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A Nature-Positive Future

Together we can stop nature's decline. 

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Across the world, there has been 69% drop in monitored wildlife populations since 1970. 

In one lifetime, we have lost nature at an alarming rate. And we continue to do so. The situation is grave. But if we act now. If we act together. We can turn it around.

Together we can keep our most severely threatened species, like the Māui dolphin and the Antipodean albatross, from disappearing. We can stop the decline of our endangered and vulnerable penguins, mollymawks, and dolphins. We can reverse the damage to the oceans. 

Are you in? Will you help build a nature-positive future?

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Marine Protected Areas

One major action we can take is to turn at least 30% of New Zealand waters in Marine Protected Areas. 

Despite having one of the largest marine environments in the world, less than 1% is protected from exploitation. There are too few places where our seabirds and dolphins are safe from the dangers of commercial fishing. Too few places where nature can have a chance to recover. 

Your donation will help us keep pressure on the government to commit to doing more to protect our ocean, and the wonderful, unique species that call it home. To make 30% protected by 2030 a reality.

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Sustainable fishing

We can reduce our impact on the ocean, and the species who live in and rely on it, by fishing more sustainably.

Your support will allow us to keep working with government and industry to strengthen, monitor and enforce bycatch mitigation measures. By making a donation today, you can help reduce the number of seabirds, mammals and other species needlessly dying on fishing lines and in nets. 

We need to do better. For the ocean. For our orcas, our yellow-eyed penguins, our albatrosses and petrels.

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What we mean by nature positive

Nature Positive

Chatham Island black robin
Report

A Nature Positive Aotearoa

The economic costs and opportunities of halting nature loss in New Zealand - a report by WWF-New Zealand and EY New Zealand.
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Coral bleaching on the southern Great Barrier Reef
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WWF global report reveals 'catastrophic decline'

The average size of wildlife populations around the world has plummeted by 73% in just 50 years, according to a new report from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
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Report

Towards a Treaty to End Plastic Pollution

In March 2022, UN Member States agreed on a mandate to negotiate a legally binding global instrument to end plastic pollution.
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Fast-track destruction laid bare

The list of 149 projects set to be fast-tracked has laid bare the full extent of the Bill's environmental destruction.
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Ministers heed advice but further overhaul of fast-track scheme needed

The Government's proposed changes to the Fast-track Approvals Bill are a step in the right direction but still don’t go far enough to halt the devastation this legislation will unleash on Aotearoa’s environment.
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Government “living in an alternative universe” with 2024 Budget

The Government's Budget fails to properly address the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss.
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Coastal erosion
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March for Nature

Protest march against Fast-track Approvals Bill announced for Auckland - 8 June 2024.
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NZ’s ‘war on nature’ flouts terms of European trade deal

The Government's 'war on nature' is putting New Zealand's Free Trade Agreement with the EU at risk.
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Submission

Submission on Fast-track Approvals Bill

WWF-New Zealand's submission on the Fast-track Approvals Bill
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Goodbye Freddie: Slashing SNA will result in the extinction of native species

Suspending the need for councils to comply with Significant Natural Area (SNA) rules is another nail in the coffin for our threatened wildlife.
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Press Release

New law puts NZ on fast-track to environmental destruction

The Government’s new fast-track consenting legislation is an unprecedented assault on nature and democracy.
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Press Release

NZ Government set to breach terms of UK trade deal

The New Zealand Government’s ‘war on nature’ could put its billion-dollar Free Trade Agreement with the UK at risk.
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