An evaluation of the conservation of New Zealand's threatened biodiversity : management, species recovery and legislation : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand

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dc.contributor.authorSeabrook-Davison, Mark Nicholas Hawdon
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-19T01:41:12Z
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dc.date.available2010-04-19T01:41:12Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionContent removed from thesis due to copyright restrictions: Seabrook-Davison, M. N. H., Weihong, J. J. & Brunton, D. H. (2010). "Survey of New Zealand Department of Conservation staff involved in the management and recovery of threatened species." Biological Conservation, 143: 212-219. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.10.005. Seabrook-Davison, M. N. H., Ji, W. & Brunton, D. H. (in press). "New Zealand lacks comprehensive threatened species legislation -- comparison with legislation in Australia and the USA." Pacific Conservation Biology, 16.en_US
dc.description.abstractIt is only recently that New Zealand wildlife managers have become aware of both the taxonomic range of New Zealand’ indigenous biodiversity and the number of species threatened with extinction. The entire New Zealand archipelago has been described as a biodiversity hotspot; a term with both negative and positive connotations as although its biodiversity is unique and diverse, it has lost three quarters of its primary vegetation and much of its remaining endemic biota is in decline. This thesis evaluated aspects of New Zealand’s approach to the management of biodiversity with an emphasis on methods used in the recovery of threatened species. Possible solutions are presented that New Zealand could investigate to improve the delivery of species recovery. A survey was conducted amongst Department of Conservation (DOC) staff to investigate management tools available to them. Results suggest that inadequate resources, staff shortages and an overwhelming workload have resulted in a failure to achieve comprehensive recovery of threatened species. A review of New Zealand wildlife conservation legislation and a comparison with the USA Endangered Species Act 1973 and Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, suggests that a lack of dedicated threatened species legislation is hindering the effective recovery of New Zealand’s threatened species. The thesis concludes that New Zealand has the advantage of a large conservation estate but lacks an integrated national management approach to the conservation of its biodiversity. Considerable improvement of the management and recovery of threatened species can be achieved with the enacting of dedicated threatened species legislation. Keywords: Threatened species, biodiversity, biodiversity hotspot, conservation, management, recovery plans, recovery groups, Department of Conservation, legislation, threat classification system, listing, ecological function, ecosystem services, staff survey, New Zealanden_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/1246
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectConservationen_US
dc.subjectBiodiversity hotspoten_US
dc.subjectThreatened speciesen_US
dc.subjectManagement recovery plansen_US
dc.subjectNew Zealand Department of Conservationen_US
dc.subjectEcological functionen_US
dc.subjectEcosystem servicesen_US
dc.subjectStaff surveyen_US
dc.subject.otherFields of Research::270000 Biological Sciences::270700 Ecology and Evolution::270708 Conservation and biodiversityen_US
dc.titleAn evaluation of the conservation of New Zealand's threatened biodiversity : management, species recovery and legislation : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealanden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorSeabrook-Davison, Mark Nicholas Hawdon
thesis.degree.disciplineEcologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)en_US
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