Ecological restoration in New Zealand - current trends and future challenges

摘要

Ecological restoration is alive and well in New Zealand. Selecting for web pages from New Zealand, Google yields 33 600 results using the words 'ecological restoration', whereas Google Scholar yields 22 100 results. The New Zealand Ecological Restoration Network (www.nzern.org.nz) comprises 240 conservation groups with 450 community led conservation projects, whereas the Department of Conservation (www.doc.govt.nz) manages a diversity of restoration projects covering tens of thousands of hectares, both on offshore islands and on the mainland.