Funds for Conservation and Restoration
A total of 139 projects on private land are to benefit from $2.6 million of recent funding from the Government's biodiversity condition and advisory funds. These funds were set up to help landowners and community groups restore and preserve NZ's unique species on private land. This year's grants will help control of predators and restore habitats across 43,000 hectares all over the country.
Foremost among the grants is $100,000 to help build a predator proof fence around the 98ha of Bushy Park in Wanganui. Construction of this fence will allow a large kiwi crèche to be developed in the area for use in Operation Nest Egg, the kiwi conservation programme.
Two of the largest grants go to Queen Elizabeth II Trust. One of up to $118,000 will help rebuild fences around covenanted conservation areas destroyed in the recent flooding in the lower North Island. Another grant of $383,545 will pay for weed and pest control on covenanted properties.
Regional funding details can be accessed, as a pdf file, from http://www.beehive.govt.nz/ViewDocument.cfm?DocumentID=19429 |
Contact for Enquiries
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Pastoral House
25 The Terrace
PO Box 2526, Wellington
Tel: 0800 00 83 33
Fax: +64 4 894 0720
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