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‘Save your forests’

This poster was made in 1929 by the Native Bird Protection Society. They were a lonely voice – it took almost 40 years before there was widespread public awareness of the damage that had been done to native forests.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: Eph-D-ENVIRONMENT-1929-01

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Simon Nathan. 'Conservation – a history', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 2-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/conservation-a-history/1/1