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Press Release – Forest And Bird New Zealand’s peat wetlands are more powerful than tropical forests at absorbing carbon. For World Wetlands Day today, Forest & Bird is releasing regional data to show wetlands are our secret resource in working to mitigate the effects of climate change. “The Government needs to introduce a plan to protect and recharge Aotearoa’s wetlands,” says Forest & Bird freshwater advocate Annabeth Cohen. “Only about 10 percent of our historic wetlands remain, and the few wetlands left are dwindling every day to make room for pasture or urban development.” �...

Sunday, 31 January 2021, 4:11 pm Forest & Bird congratulated He Pou a Rangi – the Climate Change Commission for delivering an ambitious, achievable plan to tackle climate change and endorsed its call for a stronger climate change target. The key takeaway from the report is that New Zealand is not on track to do its fair share of global efforts, but that doing our fair share is achievable if we start now. Today the independent Climate Change Commission released its first report on what New Zealand needs to do to tackle climate change and protect our future. It proposes a range of measures t...