Left: Apparently bare 'tops' of the Rock and Pillar Range in Otago contain the sort of values which warrant special recognition in new reserves. Plants only centimetres high may be 200-300 years old while the area has its own special insects and other native animals. More such land will become conservation reserves through the current process of high-country tenure review. Crown leases in the South Island high country are under review, with 'productive' land offered to farmers to freehold, while land worthy of protection is passed to the care of the Department of Conservation. Forest and Bird ts active in the process of advocating for high-country reserves throughout the South Island. National parks or reserves to protect high-country plants and animals are possibilities.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 291, 1 February 1999, Page 19
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123Left: Apparently bare 'tops' of the Rock and Pillar Range in Otago contain the sort of values which warrant special recognition in new reserves. Plants only centimetres high may be 200-300 years old while the area has its own special insects and other native animals. More such land will become conservation reserves through the current process of high-country tenure review. Crown leases in the South Island high country are under review, with 'productive' land offered to farmers to freehold, while land worthy of protection is passed to the care of the Department of Conservation. Forest and Bird ts active in the process of advocating for high-country reserves throughout the South Island. National parks or reserves to protect high-country plants and animals are possibilities. Forest and Bird, Issue 291, 1 February 1999, Page 19
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