Story: Protected areas

Specially protected areas

Specially protected areas

Specially protected areas are created because of an area’s significance for biodiversity, wilderness recreation or cultural reasons – or sometimes because of its susceptibility to damage by humans. This table shows the seven categories of specially protected area, grouped according to their conservation, wilderness protection or cultural values, and total areas for each category at 1 March 2006.

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Les Molloy, 'Protected areas - Specially protected areas', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/diagram/13871/specially-protected-areas (accessed 24 April 2024)

Story by Les Molloy, published 24 Sep 2007, updated 1 Sep 2015