ESF leads Conservation Week editorial on species decline and next steps for community action
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For Conservation Week, ESF General Manager Natalie Jessup was guest editor of the Sustainable Future newsletter from Newsroom Aotearoa.
She wrote about a hard truth: we can't rely on governments alone, and the decisions made now will determine what survives. Her editorial covers the scale of what's at stake — over 3,700 native species threatened or at risk, endangered marine mammals dying inside designated sanctuaries, and bottom trawling still continuing in our own waters.
There are also moments of hope. Eleven tara iti chicks fledged this season. Tens of thousands are opposing the Fisheries Bill. Iwi, scientists and communities are leading solutions that work.
The conservation week edition also covers the legal push to grant whales personhood, the orange roughy catch data that tells a story the fishing industry would rather ignore, and the mass death of eels at Pukepuke Lagoon.
In September, ESF is convening the Endangered Species National Hui in Kirikiriroa Hamilton — because the conversations that matter need to happen in person.
🔗Read the full newsletter via the link and join us at the Hui!
