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- Title
"Restoring the Mana of the Whenua": The Battles over the Birds.
- Authors
Round, David J.
- Abstract
The New Zealand government has recently announced ambitious long-term targets for the elimination of several introduced predatory mammalian species in order to enable populations of native vertebrates to recover. The debate which the project has already engendered raises philosophical questions about the proper place of species, the "rights" of animals and the rights of mankind to alter natural systems further, even if only in attempts to repair earlier damage. More narrowly administrative and legal questions concern the status of the pests concerned, the operations of the Department of Conservation, the appropriateness of the government's proposed Crown entity model, and the statutory powers necessary for any pest-exterminating organisation. The elimination of predators and recovery of native species, if actually achieved, will introduce new practical issues, but must be regarded as a very positive and hopeful development for human as well as non-human New Zealanders.
- Subjects
CODFISH Island (N.Z.); INTRODUCED mammals; ANIMAL welfare policy; PREDATOR management laws; NEW Zealand. Dept. of Conservation
- Publication
New Zealand Journal of Environmental Law, 2016, Vol 20, p203
- ISSN
1174-1538
- Publication type
Article