Native Forest Action Council was an
environmental organisation
An environmental organization is an organization coming out of 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 ...
in
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
.
It was formed in 1975 from what was the
Beech Forest Action Committee to advocate for the protection of native
forest
A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' ...
s and changed its name to the
Maruia Society
The Ecologic Foundation is an environmental organisation in New Zealand.
The Society had its origins in the Beech Forest Action Committee and the Native Forest Action Council (NFAC). In 1989 the NFAC changed its name to the ''Maruia Society'': "M ...
in 1988. The Maruia Society then became the Ecologic Foundation with
Guy Salmon
Guy Winston Salmon (born 1949) is a New Zealand environmentalist.
Salmon was born in 1949; his father was John Salmon. He is executive director of the Ecologic Foundation, an independent policy think tank. He has been involved with this organi ...
as its director.
External links
Ecologic Foundation- Official web site
Native Forest Actionweb site
Environmental organisations based in New Zealand
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