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The Predator Free 2050 goal is built on a foundation of strong community conservation efforts [10] with over 2,000 community groups across New Zealand taking part in predator control efforts. Those community efforts are supported by the Predator Free New Zealand Trust , a charity founded in 2013 with express purpose of advocating for community ...
The Trust's primary goal is to connect and energise communities [6] across New Zealand to participate in predator control activities. [7] It emphasises the importance of local involvement in conservation efforts, [8] encouraging individuals and community groups to engage in monitoring, trapping, and educating [9] others about the impacts of invasive species on native wildlife. [10]
In an effort to protect them, New Zealand has spent more than $300 million since 2016 pursuing its goal of a predator-free country by 2050, CNN affiliate RNZ reported last month.
In 2023, the BBC described him as a champion of New Zealand's initiative to eradicate predators in New Zealand to save native birds by 2050, called Predator Free 2050 Ltd, a public body. BBC reported that he "did much" to give scientific backing to the project. [ 6 ]
He chaired the Kiwi Trust, a group dedicated to protecting kiwi from extinction and sat on the board of Predator Free 2050 Ltd, [28] the company overseeing Crown investment pertaining to Predator Free 2050 research and project support. Fenwick undertook conservation efforts specific to his home town of Auckland, New Zealand.
In 2016 the New Zealand government introduced Predator Free 2050, a project to eliminate all non-native predators (such as rats, possums and stoats) by 2050. [ 15 ] Some of the invasive animal species are as follows.
New Zealand, with a population of around 5 million people, has pledged to reduce biogenic methane emissions by between 24% and 47% by 2050 from 2017 levels. This includes a 10% reduction of ...
As Minister of Conservation, Barry launched Predator Free 2050, a programme to ensure that New Zealand's native animals were free from being attacked by predators. It looks at controlling predators using community volunteers, private residents, philanthropists and government investment. [ 22 ]