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The Southland temperate forests is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion on New Zealand's South Island.The natural vegetation was mostly forest, but over the centuries human activities, including grazing and fires, replaced much of the original forest with grassland and agriculture.
The Australian Capital Territory has the highest level of protection at nearly 56% of its territory, followed by Tasmania with 42% and South Australia with 30%. The lowest level of protection is in Queensland and New South Wales with 8.71% and 9.61% respectively. [1]
New Zealand's forest ecosystems for example are being considered as the second most endangered of the world, with only 7% of the natural habitat remaining. [12] A male brown kiwi. Eighty per cent of New Zealand's biota is endemic. New Zealand's biodiversity exhibits high levels of endemism, both in its flora and fauna.
The biodiversity of New Zealand, a large island country located in the south-western Pacific Ocean, is varied and distinctive. The species of New Zealand accumulated over many millions of years as lineages evolved in the local circumstances.
The Māori people of New Zealand have a tradition of declaring a rāhui to restrict access to or exploitation of resources.. Governor Hobson (in office 1840–1842) had instructions from the United Kingdom Home Secretary John Russell for the setting aside of some Crown land in New Zealand: "reserved, for the use of the public at large, all tracts which are likely to be required for purposes of ...
In June 2020 the Government of New South Wales acquired 153,415 ha (379,100 acres), [4] or 1,534 km 2 (592 sq mi) [5] of private land for a new national park, when it purchased Narriearra station in the state's far north-west, [4] subsequently named the Narriearra Caryapundy Swamp National Park.
This is a list of ecoregions of New Zealand as defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests. Kermadec Islands subtropical moist forests; Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests. Chatham Islands temperate forests; Fiordland temperate forests; Nelson Coast temperate forests; North Island temperate forests
A true-colour image of the South Island, after a powerful winter storm swept across New Zealand on 12 June 2006 Lake Ōhau Aoraki / Mount Cook is the tallest mountain in New Zealand. The South Island, with an area of 150,437 km 2 (58,084 sq mi), [1] is the largest landmass of New Zealand; it contains about one-quarter of the New Zealand ...