New Zealand's remaining indigenous cover: recent changes and biodiversity protection needs / Susan Walker, Robbie Price and Daniel Rutledge.
By: Walker, Susan.
Contributor(s): Price, Robbie | Rutledge, Daniel | New Zealand. Department of Conservation.
Material type: BookSeries: Science for conservation 284.Publisher: Wellington, N.Z. : Dept. of Conservation, 2008Description: 84 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cm.ISBN: 9780478144024 (hardcopy); 97804781440-1 (web PDF).ISSN: 1173-2946 (hardcopy); 1177-9241 (web PDF).Subject(s): INDIGENOUS PLANTS | LAND DEVELOPMENT | RISK MANAGEMENT | SPECIES DIVERSITY | INTRODUCED TAXA | COASTAL ZONE | LOWLAND FORESTS | MOUNTAIN AREAS | CLEARFELLING | NEW ZEALANDOnline resources: Click here to access online Also available online.Abstract: There has been substantial loss of indigenous habitat in New Zealand's coastal, lowland and montane environmentsb2sand what does remain has little legal protection. We define five categories of environments that contain indigenous biodiversity most at risk of loss due to land clearance; risk was determined based on the level of legal protection and past habitat loss. Land clearance and loss of indigenous habitats continues across New Zealand, and highest rates of loss are occurring in the most threatened environments. Moreover, ecosystems in these most threatened areas support a disproportionate percentage of New Zealand's most threatened species and habitats. Thus, this pattern of clearance will exacerbate threats to biodiversity. We recommend that the Land Environments of New Zealand database (LENZ) be used to identify environments that are most threatened by land clearance. The Land Cover Database will need to be updated regularly to monitor progress in halting biodiversity declines.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-66)
There has been substantial loss of indigenous habitat in New Zealand's coastal, lowland and montane environmentsb2sand what does remain has little legal protection. We define five categories of environments that contain indigenous biodiversity most at risk of loss due to land clearance; risk was determined based on the level of legal protection and past habitat loss. Land clearance and loss of indigenous habitats continues across New Zealand, and highest rates of loss are occurring in the most threatened environments. Moreover, ecosystems in these most threatened areas support a disproportionate percentage of New Zealand's most threatened species and habitats. Thus, this pattern of clearance will exacerbate threats to biodiversity. We recommend that the Land Environments of New Zealand database (LENZ) be used to identify environments that are most threatened by land clearance. The Land Cover Database will need to be updated regularly to monitor progress in halting biodiversity declines.
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