• Journals
• Libraries
• Abstracts
• Bookstores
• Some suggested reading

JOURNALS

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

NZ Journal of Botany

NZ Journal of Ecology

NZ Journal of Geology and Geophysics

NZ Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

NZ Journal of Zoology

New Zealand Science Monthly

Notornis – Journal of the New Zealand Ornithological Society

The New Zealand Entomologist

LIBRARIES

National Library of New Zealand (including the Alexander Turnbull Library)

New Zealand Public Libraries

ABSTRACTS

Database of 6,720 related research abstracts (predominately New Zealand) provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

BOOKSTORES
Specialist bookstores and the on-line facilities of one large bookseller are given below. A listing of other bookstores derived from the New Zealand Yellow Pages is also provided.

Bennetts

Books New Zealand – Natural History Section

Department of Conservation (DOC) Publications

What’s new in DOC Science Publications (Updated monthly)

Request ‘detailed individual title’ or ‘monthly summary’ (specify which) notifications of new DOC science publications.

Manaaki Whenua Press

Natural History New Zealand Online Store

Nature and co.com Bookstore

The Royal Society of New Zealand Bookshop

Touchwood Books

Other Bookstores – Yellow page listing

Whitcoulls (selected shops sell legislation)

SOME SUGGESTED READING

• Classics
• Other international
• South Pacific
• New Zealand reading
• New Zealand Departmental reports

Classics

Bellamy, D, Springett, B. and P. Hayden. 1990. Moa's Ark: The voyage of New Zealand. Viking/Penguin.

Carson, R. 1962. Silent Spring. Hamish Hamilton.

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

Leopold, A. 1989. ‘The Land Ethic’ in A Sand County Almanac. Oxford UP, New York. Originally published in 1949.

Quammen, D. 1996. The Song of the Dodo. Hutchinson.

Wilson, E.O 1992. The Diversity of Life. The Belknap Press (an imprint Harvard University Press).

Other International

Birdlife International. State of the world's birds 2004

Brown-Weiss, E. ‘In Fairness to Future Generations’ Environment 32 (April 1990: 7–11, 30–31).

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

United Nations Millennium Project. 2005. Investing in Development

World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987. Our Common Future. Oxford UP.

South Pacific

Action Strategy for Nature Conservation in the Pacific Islands Region 2003 – 2007. 7th Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas.

New Zealand reading

Arnold, A (ed). 2004. Shining a spotlight on the biodiversity of New Zealand 's marine ecoregion PDF. Experts workshop on marine biodiversity, Wellington , May 2003. WWF-New Zealand.

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.

Harding, J., Mosley P., Pearson, C. and Sorrell B (ed) 2004. Freshwaters of New Zealand. The New Zealand Hydrological Society.

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 Culture and Heritage. 2005. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Includes the 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand.

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.

Nightingale, T. and Dingwall, P. 2003, Our picturesque heritage – 100 years of scenery preservation in New Zealand, Department of Conservation, 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).

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.

Young, D. 2004, Our islands, our selves: a history of conservation in New Zealand . University of Otago Press , Department of Conservation and Ministry for Culture and Heritage, Wellington.

New Zealand Departmental Reports

Corporate documents (including annual reports and statements of intent)

Department of Conservation

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Ministry for the Environment

Ministry of Fisheries

Department of Conservation and Ministry for the Environment 2000. The New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy. Department of Conservation, Wellington.

Minister of Conservation 2005. Conservation Act General Policy.

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

New Zealand Conservation Authority 1997:

General policy for national parks 2005

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

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Wellington:

Weaving resilience into our working lands: future roles for native plants on private land: discussion paper, 2001.

Weaving resilience into our working lands: summary of submissions, 2002.

Weaving resilience into our working lands: recommendations for the future roles of our native plants (final report), 2002.

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

Waitangi Tribunal 2001. The Crown and Flora and Fauna: Legislation, Policies, and Practices, 1983 — 98. Waitangi Tribunal, Wellington.

Last revised 23/07/2007