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In November 2017, Predator Free 2050 Ltd announced their research strategy. [11] In contrast to previous speculative commentary, [12] [13] [14] this is the officially approved approach being taken. The strategy outlines four concurrent programmes. 'Environment and society' will explore New Zealand's social and cultural views about predator ...
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.
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]
[8] [2] Brunton is an advocate for eliminating introduced mammalian predators from New Zealand as part of the Predator-Free 2050 initiative. [9] She was also a vocal opponent of Massey University's proposal to move most science faculty and courses to the Palmerston North campus. [10] [11] [12]
New Zealand’s birds must love the ground. ... The small number of remaining kākāpō exist on a handful of predator-free, sanctuary islands, under close supervision, mostly near Stewart Island ...