The Nature Heritage Fund and the Community Conservation Fund are both government funded. Conservation organisations Conservation organisations began to form from the 19th century. Scenery Preservation Societies formed in some of the Provinces. An early conservation lobby group was the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand, which is now the foremost environmental organisation involved in conservation advocacy in New Zealand. In recent years numerous conservation, landcare and activist groups have formed including: Beech Forest Action Committee Dancing Star Foundation Endangered Species Foundation of New Zealand Live Ocean Maruia Society Native Forest Action Native Forest Action Council Save Happy Valley Coalition Trees for Survival Conservation awards Loder Cup Wellington Conservation Awards The Don Merton Conservation Pioneer Award (named after Don Merton) See also Acclimatisation societies in New Zealand Whaling in New Zealand Project Crimson, a conservation initiative to promote the protection of pohutukawa and rata List of extinct animals of New Zealand List of extinct plants of New Zealand References Further reading External links Biodiversity New Zealand Biodiversity and Conservation at Landcare Research New Zealand Plant Conservation Network Conservation Volunteers New Zealand Endangered Species Foundation of New Zealand