This report outlines a plan to secure the survival of New Zealand's native frogs. Abstract Native frogs were formerly widespread and common throughout New Zealand. However, they are now much reduced in range, with remnant populations only occurring on the mainland of the North Island and on several islands in the Marlborough Sounds. The current...

Mariculture interest in the Tridacnidae family of giant clams has increased in response to economic and nutritional opportunities, but also in response to increasing reports of local extinctions as a result of over-harvesting, pollution, and habitat degradation. Key impediments to culturing giant clams for stock restoration initiatives include larval mortality, typically 96%, and a lack...

The Warru (black-footed rock-wallaby) recovery plan provides a compendium of historical and contemporary data on Warru, drawing on recent summaries and contemporary data, to set out a clear set of objectives and actions for the multi-stakeholder Warru recovery team.

This thesis centres on methods and studies designed to increase knowledge surrounding the at sea distribution of seabirds during various periods in their annual cycle (i.e., breeding, migration, over-wintering). Following a brief introduction in Chapter 1, in Chapter 2, "Effects of archival tags on Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)", I report the effects of global location...

Terms of reference Preface On 26 March 2003 the Senate agreed to the recommendation of the Selection of Bills Committee in its Report No. 4 of 2003 that the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Invasive Species) Bill 2002 be referred to the Environment Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Legislation Committee for inquiry and...