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- ILLUSTRATIONMt Alarm (9440 ft), along with Mt Tapuaenuku, dominates the stark inland Marlborough landscape. Despite the barren ap...
- CHAPTERHigh country public lands — Stewardship or exploitation?
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- CHAPTERKEAS FOR KEEPS
- ILLUSTRATIONAuthor Richard Anderson and friend
- ILLUSTRATION"High up in the air he flew, and we caught glimpses of the gorgeous orange feathering on the underside of his wings. ...
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- ILLUSTRATIONOnly the creation of national parks and the kea's toughness have saved this unique alpine parrot from extinction. Sin...
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- ILLUSTRATIONO = Kea Map of kea distribution in the South Island — adapted from The Atlas of Bird Distribution in New Zealand. Typ...
- CHAPTERA maligned mountain monarch
- CHAPTERYou Can Help
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- CHAPTERThey shoot keas, don't they?
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- CHAPTERWhat price our heritage?
- ILLUSTRATIONAbove: Native vegetation in the lowland part of the Rangitikei ecological region of the southern North Island has bee...
- ILLUSTRATIONOpposite: Kahikatea forest was once widespread on floodplains and swamps throughout New Zealand but today 98 percent ...
- ILLUSTRATIONInset: Representative reserves are living examples of nature's diversity. Many Southlanders initially thought the bog...
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft: Kawarau Gorge, Old Man Ecological District, Central Otago. A PNA team led by Cathie Brumley surveyed this extre...
- ILLUSTRATIONCentre: Until the 1930s Depression, the Kaingaroa pumice plain was covered in unusual native frost flat vegetation do...
- ILLUSTRATIONBottom: Native pangee (Demoschoenus spiralis) crests a Northland foredune. Formerly widespread on dunes, pingao has b...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig 1: New Zealand divided up into 268 ecological districts based on climate, vegetation, soils and landforms.
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- CHAPTERPulling the plug on West Coast wetlands
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- ILLUSTRATIONRight: This ditch through the heart of the Rotokino Swamp was largely funded by taxpayer subsidies. Wetland drainage ...
- ILLUSTRATIONAbove: Tranquil Lake Rotokino is a Scenic Reserve. However, its waters drain from the severely damaged Rotokino Swamp...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe giant Kokopu, largest galaxiid in the world, is threatened by continual drainage of , fertile flax swamps. Juveni...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig 1: South Island wetlands as assessed locally by catchment authorities. Key West Coast swamps (fertile, flax-cover...
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- CHAPTERA memorable "forgotten corner"
- ILLUSTRATIONOpposite: The weathered skeleton of a totara in Tahakopa Bay frames councillors walking along the beach. The Tahakopa...
- ILLUSTRATIONInset: The ironically named Progress Valley, scene of chipmilling operations in the Catlins. In return for an access ...
- ILLUSTRATIONCathedral Caves are a star attraction for Catlins visitors, who should, however, proceed with caution as the tide com...
- ILLUSTRATIONCouncillors discussing conservation issues at the Tautuku Outdoor Education Centre.
- ILLUSTRATIONThe Catlins is rich in marine fauna and flora. The common bull kelp, Tahakopa Bay. Photo: Terry Fitzgibbon
- CHAPTERHoiho-world's rarest penguin
- ILLUSTRATIONAfter coaxing the two-week-old chick with a gentle nudge, the parent puts its open bill over the head of the chick an...
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- ILLUSTRATIONPenguins form a ballet of constantly changing shapes as they preen and waterproof their plumage.
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft: A lone juvenile decides against early morning fishing and trudges back up the landing rock to enjoy a leisurely...
- ILLUSTRATIONRight: Fencing for a future, members of the Southland Forest and Bird branch hope to protect part of a yellow-eyed pe...
- ILLUSTRATIONA call from a neighbouring penguin elicits this response from a sleepy yellow-eyed.
- CHAPTERPhotographic Exhibition
- CHAPTERBeginning again in humility
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- ILLUSTRATIONThe recent announcement of the new Conservation Department and Ministry for the Environment brings new hope on the ho...
- ILLUSTRATIONWill the new administration bury past exploitative attitudes? Logging wreath, Mamaku Plateau, Easter 1983.
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- ILLUSTRATIONCultural use and misuse: Maori totara carver; felled kauri.
- ILLUSTRATIONOne of the architects of the final victory: the Minister for the Environment, Russell Marshall.
- ILLUSTRATIONNo other modern movement has generated as much enthusiasm over the past decade as the environment movement. Forest an...
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- CHAPTERThe arid alpine garden of Inland Marlborough
- ILLUSTRATIONHelichysum coralloides resembles coral, as its name suggests. It is confined to Marlborough. Photo: P Williams
- ILLUSTRATIONRabbits, burning and overgrazing have transformed inland Clarence; hence the term "The Desert" to describe an area no...
- ILLUSTRATIONMany of the plants of inland Marlborough are found in specific sites, such as Raoulia cinerea which creeps among shar...
- CHAPTERQueensland tropical rainforests: can a tragedy be averted?
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft: Daintree coastline north to Cape Tribulation. Between the fringing coral reef and the 1375 metre summit of Thor...
- ILLUSTRATIONInset left: Cassowary which inhabit Queensland's tropical lowland rainforest date from ancient Gondwanaland and proba...
- ILLUSTRATIONInset right: Tropical rainforest, Daintree. Buttressed trunks and mat root systems scavenge every available nutrient ...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig 1: Present distribution of Australia's tropical rainforests, all of which are considered suitable for nomination ...
- ILLUSTRATIONInset right: A grey satin ash Cleistocalyx gustaviodes at Downey Creek zoned for logging. Aboriginal people formerly ...
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft: Buff breasted paradise kingfisher, the most spectacular of Australia's ten kingfisher species. Birds migrate fr...
- ILLUSTRATIONRight: Yvonne Cunningham, of the Innisfail branch of the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland has spearheaded ...
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- CHAPTERCONSERVATION UPDATE
- CHAPTERTHE JUNIOR SECTION
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- CHAPTERTravelling Birds.
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- CHAPTERAugust journals
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