The Protected Natural Areas Programme (PNAP) began in 1981 as a mean of evaluating areas worthy of protection. As part of the programme a series of ecological districts have been created and by 2001 eighty three of the approximately 270 had been surveyed.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Bellingham, Peter (2001). Evaluating methods for the Protected Natural Areas Programme. Wellington, N.Z.: Dept. of Conservation.
Further reading
- The New Zealand Protected Natural Areas Programme: a scientific focus : a review in the light of pilot studies and a format for future action. New Zealand Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research. 1986.
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- Dickinson, Katharine (May 1988), "New Zealand's Protected Natural Areas Programme: What it has been, what it is and what it could be" (PDF), Forest and Bird, pp. 25–28
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