Tag: environmental_protest

Greenpeace Recreates Iconic Tree-Sit to Protest New Zealand Conservation Bill

4 Aug 2026 2:23 p.m. · Source: Greenpeace Aotearoa

Greenpeace Aotearoa marked World Conservation Day by recreating a 1997 tree-sit protest, drawing attention to the Conservation Amendment Bill which threatens to open New Zealand's public conservation lands to commercial exploitation.

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Greenpeace Recreates Iconic Tree Protest Against Conservation Bill

28 Jul 2026 10:01 a.m. · Source: Greenpeace Aotearoa

Greenpeace revives a 1997 tree protest in a West Coast forest, opposing the government's Conservation Amendment Bill, which they claim threatens native forests and reverses decades of protection.

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