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Conservation in NZ from an American's perspective.

Started by Ianab, December 21, 2014, 01:40:53 AM

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Ianab

Interesting article I came across the other day. Written by an American visiting NZ, and figuring out why Conservation groups here in NZ work so differently to pretty much any other country. Most useful conservation thing you can do in NZ is go out and  kill something cute and furry.  :D

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/22/big-kill
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gspren

  Very interesting reading. I visited in NZ back in the early 70s and luckily I wasn't cute or cuddly looking so I survived.
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fishpharmer

Fascinating article.  I did not realize that NZ had no native mammals.  Ambitious endeavor to restore such a huge but very unique ecosystem.  :rifle:

Honestly, I expected the article to be more critical of the eradication process.  Now I need a few A24's around the feed room.
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Well let's see.  You could import some snakes to eat the rats...........
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Ianab

Quote from: Magicman on December 23, 2014, 10:19:58 PM
Well let's see.  You could import some snakes to eat the rats...........

Yeah, what could possibly go wrong  ;) :D

Some of the local wildlife has adapted quite well, and you see more Tui and Kereru birds in suburban gardens than you do in the bush. More flowering trees and berries there. And they are fast and smart enough to dodge the predators.

But other species have lived for so long without mammalian predators they have no defences and get wiped out. Then many of the forest trees also rely on birds and insects for pollination and spreading seeds. Rims tree seeds generate about 90% better if they have been through a bird or insects gut. So the whole forest system relies on those critters being there.

Clearing the main islands of predators is still a pipe dream, but the results on the smaller islands show how great it would be if it could be done.
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Thewoodman

Conservation in NZ is all about killing critters. I used to trap possums for a living and it was a great life style, but the market was flooded by cut price contractors and it fell to bits.

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