A very long but very interesting article from today's Herald summed up by one of it's paragraphs: "Their (Maungatautari in Waikato, Zealandia sanctuary in Wellington, Sinbad sanctuary in Fiordland, Kaikoura whale-watching enterprise, and other places in NZ) dispute crystallizes one of the biggest disagreements in the management of NZ's "clean green " image...will tourists and the public fund protection work by paying to see our native flora and fauna thriving? Or is it an attempt to commercialise conservation inevitably doomed to be corrupted by the mighty dollar?"
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10715248
Harsh question but one F&B needs to address I think.
Forest & Bird » Threats & Impacts
When cash and conservation clash
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Makes for another interesting look at predator-proof fencing. I know there's been a hearty debate going on for some time about the pros and cons of this method of pest-control; it's cost vs efficacy and whether it benefits the entire forest ecosystem or creates small "islands" where the birds can live safely while the rest of the forest goes to hell in a handcart; but it's interesting this "new" issue about tourism paying for these fences.
And also interesdting to see in for eg the article kukupa linked to in an earlier thread, about the forests falling silent, has the sentence "You just can't protect a forest by putting a fence around them and stopping the cattle and goats coming in."
Apparently there's an article about predator-proof fencing in the May F&B magazine.Posted 1 year ago #
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