News about conservation activities on the Chatham Islands.
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Written by Administrator
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Jun 03, 2009 at 01:13 PM |
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Tena Kotou Katoa
Following is a brief newsletter from the
Conservation Board which raises a couple of important issues arising from the last
two meetings of the Board that were held February and May this year.
Managing the distribution
and Domestic trade of whale bone
The Department are in the process of developing a workable regime to
better manage domestic trade in whalebone.
As result of the Conservation Board submitting comment on the original
discussion paper the Board was invited to attend the first hui to discuss
possible regimes. Shirley King represented
the Board at the inaugural hui held in October last year. |
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Written by Administrator
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May 29, 2009 at 09:21 AM |
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Experts from around the country recently converged on the Chatham
Islands to discuss management of threatened species and ecosystems on
the Chatham Islands. The Department of Conservation hosted three
meetings involving three days of threatened plants discussions, two
days reviewing progress with the restoration of Mangere Island and a
final three days discussing threatened birds. |
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Written by Dept Conservation (press release)
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May 22, 2009 at 10:35 AM |
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Projects aimed at protecting heritage and conservation
values on private land on the Chatham Islands
will benefit from a $48,000 share of the latest Biodiversity Condition and
Advice Fund grants.
Announced this week by Department of Conservation's
Director General Al Morrison, they include an advice fund grant of $35,000 to
assist with a part-time project coordination position within the Chatham
Heritage and Restoration Trust (CHART), which has been recently setup by Chatham Island residents to protect and restore
natural and historical heritage of the islands. In addition the grant will
assist with landowner liaison, promotional material, and advocacy on the values
of the natural heritage of the Chathams.
A condition fund grant of $13,000 goes to Robert and Jan
Holmes, to help construct a fence around Old House Bush, 4 hectares of rare
swamp forest and wetland on a tributary of the Te Awainanga River. The akeake /
karamu swamp forest is unique to the Chatham Islands and supports three
threatened trees species and parea (Chatham
Island pigeon). |
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Written by Dept Conservation
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May 19, 2009 at 11:33 AM |
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A milestone has been achieved in a 30-year effort to restore the habitat for
the Chatham Islands black robin, one of the world’s most famous and endangered
birds.
Last weekend the 100,000th tree since 1991 was planted on the remote
Mangere Island in the Chatham Island archipelago. Black robin were
moved there from nearby Little Mangere Island by the former Wildlife
Service in the 1970s, in a last ditch attempt to save the species from
extinction. Population numbers had plummeted to just five birds as a
result of habitat loss on Little Mangere and predation by cats on other
islands.
Work to restore the island has been on-going for more than 30 years. In
recent times it has been the focus for intensive restoration and revegetation to
recover forest and provide habitat for the robins.
Chatham Island akeake trees (Olearia traversiorum) have been raised
from seed and cuttings collected from nearby islands and then transferred to
Mangere. The work has been coordinated by the Department of Conservation but
much of the planting has been done by the local community especially Liz and
Bruce Tuanui. Bruce was among the six people present for the planting of the
100,000th tree last weekend.
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Planting team
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Written by Dept Conservation: Press Release
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Apr 30, 2009 at 11:29 AM |
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Results of a major new survey of native New Zealand plants shows a big jump in the number of native plant species under threat.
A survey carried out by a panel of experts for the Department of
Conservation shows six species of plant are now regarded as extinct and
the number of threatened plant species has jumped almost 50 percent to
180 in the past five years.
The survey by the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network (NZPCN) and
New Zealand Botanical Society reveals the number of plants regarded "At
Risk" has also risen from 499 to 651 during the same period.
Department of Conservation scientist Peter de Lange, one of New
Zealand&'s foremost botanists says part of the big jump can be put
down to scientists finding more and more new species of threatened
plants.
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Chatham Island sow thistle |
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