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- COVER_SECTIONCover Section
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- CHAPTERA Marine Revolution
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- TITLE_SECTIONTitle Section
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- CHAPTERMarine protected areas The only enemy is indifference
- ILLUSTRATIONInset Opposite: Leigh Marine Reserve, looking south. The reserve extends to the cliff top. Photo: Bill Ballantine
- ILLUSTRATIONOpposite: Red moki, a coastal slow-growing fish whose populations have been drastically reduced by spearfishing, find...
- ILLUSTRATIONAbove: The Leigh Marine Reserve just north of Auckland was not created because it was special but because it was repr...
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft: The deep sponge-dominated habitat at 30 m on the steep rock walls of the Poor Knights Islands. Designated a mar...
- ILLUSTRATIONBelow: A feather star or crinoid under a rock ledge. Just one of the unusual species that occurs abundantly within th...
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- ILLUSTRATIONIt is not only habitats that must be protected; management of resources is also important. Sandy and gravelly beaches...
- ILLUSTRATIONConflict among potential users of marine resources may force the establishment of new marine protected areas. In Pate...
- ILLUSTRATIONUnique or special areas are easy to argue for protection. The Kermadec Islands, for instance, contain a curious mixtu...
- ILLUSTRATIONOrdinary pieces of coast contain species and habitats that are worthy of protection. Octopus and sea slugs are common...
- CHAPTERCONSERVATION UPDATE
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- CHAPTERTropical Rainforest Report
- CHAPTEREducation and Extension
- CHAPTERFletchers Upset Canadian Conservationists
- CHAPTERTaiko Comes Out of Hiding
- CHAPTERBooks Received
- CHAPTERTuatara,
- CHAPTERKakapo Country:
- CHAPTERImages From A Limestone Landscape,
- CHAPTERWorld Birds,
- CHAPTERThe Dragonflies of New Zealand,
- CHAPTERBitterns on their Doorstep
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft: Protection of the Haast wetlands and forested streams is essential for the future wellbeing of the area's major...
- ILLUSTRATIONJohn Dennes has confidence in the future of Haast tourism. He is one of the new owners of the Haast tourist hotel.
- ILLUSTRATIONSawmill at Haast. After a chequered career, this sawmill closed last year as it was unable to compete with mills clos...
- ILLUSTRATIONInset Opposite: Forest and Bird South Westland natural history tours have proved immensely popular since they were be...
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- ILLUSTRATIONHaast residents are justifiably proud of the beauty of their natural surroundings. The Waita lagoon, home to abundant...
- ILLUSTRATIONBrian and Phillippa Glubb, Haast motorcamp proprietors, are keen to see a Haast visitor centre established.
- CHAPTERThe Haast Experience
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- CHAPTERMolesworth Controversy
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- ILLUSTRATIONTop Right: Sub-alpine day trip, Molesworth Photos: Gerry McSweeney
- ILLUSTRATIONRight: Acheron accommodation house.
- CHAPTERTONGARIRO CENTENNIAL
- CHAPTERTHE TONGARIRO DECLARATION
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- CHAPTERTREADING A MINEFIELD
- ILLUSTRATIONAn opencast coal mine near Rotowaro in the Waikato. Water discharges from coal mines have caused significant pollutio...
- ILLUSTRATIONAfter a long public campaign, the superb virgin beech forests of the west bank of the Maruia Valley were saved Psi a ...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe Cobb Valley, located in the North West Nelson Conservation Park, was chosen as the launching place for the Wharep...
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- CHAPTERThe Wharepapa Declaration
- CHAPTERWellington sewage : An environmentally acceptable solution
- ILLUSTRATIONTop: Lake Kohangatera, below the freshwater wetlands of the Gollans Valley. Few such wetlands remain in the Wellingto...
- ILLUSTRATIONthis would be a worthy addition to a regional park. Photo: Gerard
- ILLUSTRATIONHutching. Bottom: The freshwater wetlands of Gollans Valley, regarded as the finest in the Wellington region. Photo: ...
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- CHAPTERDEAN ROWALLAN LONGWOOD
- ILLUSTRATIONThe most immediately threatened of the World Heritage forests are in Western Southland. Logging has now extended almo...
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- ILLUSTRATIONPattern of how parakeets responded to logging in Rowallan forest. Birds showing a similar reaction to logging are pig...
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- ILLUSTRATIONLogging site — Rowallan forest. "The sensitive management practices advocated by the United Council would not result ...
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- CHAPTERPreserving a Reserve
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- CHAPTERNORTHERN BRANCH ISLANDS MANGROVES KAURI
- ILLUSTRATIONAbove: The gaunt skeletons of trees ringbarked by the Forest Service as part of the Kauri Management Programme, prior...
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- ILLUSTRATIONWhen will the tipping stop? Even though it is Whangarei Harbour Board policy to stop reclaiming mangroves, they conti...
- ILLUSTRATIONTop: Another truckload poised to tip spoil.
- ILLUSTRATIONBottom: Portable sawmills are chewing away at kauri remnants on private land as farmers cash in "alternative" crops. ...
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- CHAPTERRat eradication in Breaksea Sound
- ILLUSTRATIONOpposite: Breaksea Sound with Breaksea Island in the foreground, Hawea and Wairaki Islands tucked in behind, the Gilb...
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- ILLUSTRATIONAbove: Large weevils with bulbous noses suck sap from the Anisotome on Wairaki Island and sleek, black Fiordland skin...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe seed crop was gathered for consumption by rats and the few that were missed were grazed as seedlings; but now tha...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe rat populations on Breaksea Island are dense and their sign is everywhere. Rowley Taylor inspects bark biting. Ph...
- ILLUSTRATIONPoisoned pellets on Hawea Island were frequently carried off by Norway rats in less than a minute. Photo: Rowley Taylor.
- ILLUSTRATIONTop: Despite the rats, Breaksea Island has the only thriving robin population in western Fiordland. This can be attri...
- ILLUSTRATIONBottom: Cook recorded large colonies of broadbilled prion breeding in Fiordland, but today there are only a few small...
- CHAPTERRodent Eradication From Islands — The Conservation Potential
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- CHAPTERBULLETIN
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- CHAPTERQueen Elizabeth II Scholarships 1987
- CHAPTEREaster Gatherings
- CHAPTERHoneydew: a South Island Beech Forest Resource
- CHAPTERHigh Country Landscapes
- CHAPTERInternational 20th Ornithological Coneress
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- CHAPTERROYAL FOREST & BIRD PROTECTION SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND INC.
- CHAPTERSOCIETY'S LODGES AND HOUSES
- CHAPTERTHE JUNIOR SEC TION
- CHAPTERIN DEFENCE OF CRABS
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- ILLUSTRATIONThe purple rock crab frequently eats other purple rock crabs and climbs out of the sea at night to eat landsnails.
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- CHAPTERIN DEFENCE OF CRABS
- CHAPTERCRAB TiPS
- CHAPTERCRAB QUIZ!
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- CHAPTERWhat the Children Saw in Mrs Peace's Garden
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