3-628: Native Forests Action Council was an environmental organisation in New Zealand. It was formed in 1975 from what was the Beech Forest Action Committee to advocate for the protection of native forests . In the mid-1980s, the group advocated for the core of North-west Nelson Forest Park to be protected as a national park due to extensive mining proposals threatening the area. This ultimately led to Kahurangi National Park to be formed in 1996. For some time, Guy Salmon
6-747: The conservation or environmental movements that seeks to protect, analyse or monitor the environment against misuse or degradation from human forces . In this sense the environment may refer to the biophysical environment or the natural environment . The organization may be a charity , a trust , a non-governmental organization , a governmental organization or an intergovernmental organization . Environmental organizations can be global, national , regional or local. Some environmental issues that environmental organizations focus on include pollution , plastic pollution , waste , resource depletion , human overpopulation and climate change . Many states have agencies devoted to monitoring and protecting
9-533: Was the group's director. The group changed its name to the Maruia Society in 1988. The Maruia Society then became the Ecologic Foundation , with Salmon as its director. This article about an organisation in New Zealand is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . List of environmental organizations An environmental organization is an organization coming out of
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