Story: Conservation – a history

More links and websites

• 1080: killing pests and saving forests

  Frequently asked questions about 1080 poison.

• A short history of the Department of Conservation: 1987–2007

  This section of the Department of Conservation website charts the history of their organisation and some of the environmental and political issues they’ve faced.

• Biodiversity information online

  Information on biodiversity in New Zealand, and a link to the New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy.

• New Zealand Geopreservation Inventory

  The inventory lists 2,650 significant landforms and geological features.

• On the changes effected in the natural features of a new country by the introduction of civilized races

  These two lectures given by W. T. L. Travers were published in the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute in 1869. They are one of the earliest examples of ecological analysis.

• Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

  Site of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, including links to reports produced since 1997.

More suggestions and sources

• Galbreath, Ross. Working for wildlife: a history of the New Zealand Wildlife Service. Wellington: Bridget Williams, 1993.
• Hayward, Bruce W. Precious land: protecting New Zealand’s landforms and geological features. Lower Hutt: Geological Society of New Zealand, 1996.
• Hutching, Gerard. Back from the brink: the fight to save our endangered birds. Auckland: Penguin, 2004.
• Searle, Graham. Rush to destruction: an appraisal of the New Zealand beech controversy. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1975.
• Wilson, Roger. From Manapouri to Aramoana: the battle for New Zealand’s environment. Auckland: Earthworks, 1982.
• Young, David. Our islands, our selves: a history of conservation in New Zealand. Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 2004.