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The NZBS Strategy
Contents
Foreword
Executive Summary
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Annex One
Annex Two
Glossary
Suggestions for Further Reading

The following list is a selection of suggested further reading on New Zealand's biodiversity and its
conservation and sustainable management. Some of these documents contain information used in
preparing this Strategy. Most items are easily accessible through public libraries.

Atkinson, I.A.E. and Cameron, E.K. 1993. Human influence on the terrestrial biota and biotic
communities of New Zealand. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 8: 447-451.

Blaschke, P. M. and Green, K. (eds) 1998. Biodiversity Now. Selected papers from joint societies'
conference, Wellington, July 1997. Department of Conservation, Wellington.

Department of Conservation 1998. Restoring the Dawn Chorus. Department of Conservation Strategic
Business Plan. Department of Conservation, Wellington.

Flannery, T. 1994. The Future Eaters. An Ecological History of the Australasian Lands and People.
Reed, Sydney.

Gunningham, N. and Young, M.D. 1997. Toward Optimal Environmental Policy: The Case of
Biodiversity Conservation. Ecology Law Quarterly 24: 243-298.

Hutching, G. 1998. The Natural World of New Zealand. Viking/Penguin.

King, C.M. (ed) 1990. The Handbook of New Zealand Mammals. OUP, Auckland.

McFadgen, B. and Simpson, P. R. (comps) 1996. Biodiversity. Papers from a seminar series, Science
and Research Division, Department of Conservation, June-July 1994.

Ministry for the Environment 1995. Environment 2010 Strategy. A Statement of the Government's
Strategy on the Environment. Ministry for the Environment, Wellington.

Ministry for the Environment 1997. The State of New Zealand's Environment, 1997. Ministry for the
Environment, Wellington.

Nelson, W.A and Gordon, D.P. 1997. Assessing New Zealand's Marine Biological Diversity - a challenge
for Policy Makers and Systematists. NZ Science Review 54: 3-4.

New Zealand Conservation Authority 1997. Maori customary use of native birds, plants and other
traditional materials: Interim report and discussion paper. New Zealand Conservation Authority,
Wellington.

Park, G.N. 1995. Nga Uruora: The Groves of Life. Ecology and History in a New Zealand Landscape.
Victoria University Press, Wellington.

Rudge, M.R. (ed) 1989. Moas, mammals and climate in the Ecological history of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 12 (supplement).

Te Puni Kokiri 1994. Biodiversity and Maori. Te Puni Kokiri, Wellington.

Towns, D. A., Daugherty, C.H. and Atkinson, I.A.E. (eds) 1990. Ecological Restoration of New Zealand
Islands. Department of Conservation, Wellington.

Wardle, P. 1991. The Vegetation of New Zealand. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.



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