Date: 14th September 2023
Biological invasions cost the global community an estimated USD$423 billion in 2019, and those costs have quadrupled every decade since 1970. The Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control https://www.ipbes.net/IASmediarelease is a new…
Date: 13th September 2023
The damaging consequences of cutting funding for environmental regeneration. Pioneering wilding pines on the march across iconic Central Otago landscape Alexa Forbes, an Otago Regional Councillor has written a thought-provoking story on her blog…
Date: 6th September 2023
Please find below a great article that featured in the Sunday Star Times on 3rd September and also in the Press. We are very grateful to Andrea Vance for a thorough story and to…
Date: 2nd September 2023
Pete Oswald, Project Manager for the Central Otago Wilding Conifer Group (https://www.centralwildingconifers.co.nz/about) did a late-night interview on Radio New Zealand. It’s a great interview as it is both a personal and professional perspective on…
Date: 2nd September 2023
A great story on Radio New Zealand recently featuring Grahame Sydney who is a champion of the Central Otago Wilding Conifer Group. The story is about declining funding for the environment and its effects…
Date: 24th August 2023
After nearly a year of waiting this invaluable document is now available. Now that funding for the national programme has been reduced by 75%, this cost benefit analysis is a critical document in our…
Date: 4th August 2023
Check out a great podcast on FEDSNEWS. https://fed-talks.simplecast.com/episodes/musing-on-the-future-of-wilding-control In January 2023 FEDSNEWS reported that the future of wilding pine control was uncertain – with funds signaled to reduce to a $10m annual baseline. On…
Date: 1st August 2023
http://Wilding Pines Conference 2023 – Wilding Pine Network NZ We look forward to seeing you at the 2023 conference from 18-20 October at the Memorial Hall in Queenstown. “Wildings in the…
Date: 18th July 2023
Our 2023 conference is being held in Queenstown at the Memorial Hall owned by the Queenstown Lakes District Council who have generously provided this venue free of charge. We are also grateful for their…
Date: 26th May 2023
26th May 2023 Mid Dome in Southland is a prominent landmark between Queenstown and Invercargill. It’s pretty much ground zero for wilding control work. Between the 1950s and 1980s Crown agencies (MWD, NZFS) and…