Coromandel block protected
IN 1985 A GROUP of conservationists at Moehau community at the far north of Coromandel Peninsula decided to pool their resources to save their forests. They bought a Lands and Survey licence over 240 ha of lowland forest and shrubland, adjoining the Moehau Ecological Area and Cape Colville Farm Park, to prevent local farmers from clearing it during the Government’s land allocation processs. Forest and Bird’s then northern field officer, Mark Bellingham, ensured that the Department of Con-
servation not Landcorp administered the licence. In January this year the block’s trustees, including Forest and Bird members,
agreed to protect the land as a private scenic reserve. This initiative will hopefully be an example to other private forest owners around
Moehau. The forest in this area is deer-free and also lies within DoC’s proposed pos-sum-free zone (see Conservation Update).
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Forest and Bird, Volume 23, Issue 2, 1 May 1992, Page 10
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141Coromandel block protected Forest and Bird, Volume 23, Issue 2, 1 May 1992, Page 10
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