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WWF is looking for hands-on community conservation groups that WWF-New Zealand and The Tindall Foundation can help fund.
Groups can focus on anything from habitat restoration and wildlife protection, to teaching skills that empower communities to care for their local environment.

Community groups can apply for up to $15,000 to amplify their amazing work and help our country’s precious nature thrive.

If you’re taking part in a conservation project, then we’d love for you to apply here.

Together, we can make a lasting impact for Aotearoa - and our planet.

Erica Rowlands has started a petition: That the House of Representatives pass legislation requiring all domestic cats to be registered via microchip to their legal owners, and to be desexed unless kept contained by registered cat breeders.

It is widely known that cats cause problems for native species, and that rescue groups face relentless battle against the effects of irresponsible owners. We have committed as a nation to invest in the goal of being predator free by 2050, but with no improvement in sight for the management of pet cats, or the elimination of feral populations. Requiring cats to be registered and desexed will reduce their populations, enforce responsible cat ownership, and protect our wildlife.

Cats eat shore birds and lizards. Your signature counts.

https://www.parliament.nz/…/petition-of-erica-rowlands…

Thames Coromandel District Council is looking for a Coastal Restoration Coordinator. Here a little bit of information:

About the role

The coordinator promotes the coastal restoration programme and works with a broad range of stakeholders, including Waikato Regional Council, Department of Conservation, Coastcare coordinators, local iwi, rural and suburban communities

Key responsibilities include:

• Coastal restoration and promotional activities
• Community, key stakeholder planting days and working bees
• Monitoring dune restoration activities

For more information and to apply please go to this page.

A number of internships are available over summer with Northland Regional Council.

Opportunities are available in the following areas:

• Freshwater Ecology (2 positions) - assist in ecological monitoring of rivers and streams, freshwater fish monitoring, macroinvertebrate sampling and more.
• Coastal Monitoring - assist in plan and conduct assessments of dune health, monitoring of marine plastic and litter, intertidal shellfish survey and ecological assessments of Northland’s estuaries.
• Compliance Monitoring - varied role predominantly monitoring water bores and assisting with water sampling and collecting data.
• Investment Property -learning about large scale commercial property management and Health and Safety requirements for contractor management.
• Marine Biosecurity - assisting with the annual hull surveillance programme, lab work, in-water survey, community engagement events.

For more information and to apply, please go the the NRC website.

Wednesday 15 September 2021, 11-11:30am

Myrtle rust is here to stay and continues to spread within Aotearoa, with devastating impacts on some species. It has been recorded in most North Island regions, although is still arriving at new localities within these regions. It is spreading more slowly in the South Island, but has already established further south than initially expected. Epidemiological concepts developed for other rust pathogens can help us to understand spatio-temporal spread for myrtle rust. Key parameters are wind, host susceptibility, host density and climatic suitability. Join us for this presentation by plant pathologist Rob Beresford, when he will examine the dynamics of spread and consider surveillance requirements, early detection in new localities and the use of climatic risk predictions.

To register go here.