Protecting New Zealand's Biodiversity - Lou Sanson at New Frontiers 2019
Channel: Edmund Hillary Fellowship
Date: 2019-04-15

Director General of the Department of Conservation, Lou Sanson on how some of New Zealand’s ancient biodiversity was destroyed, why there is still much left to protect and what the Department of Conservation is doing to address the extinction of NZ’s species. He also lays out a roadmap for what people and government agencies can do to protect NZ’s natural ecosystems. 

This video was filmed at New Frontiers / Te Tūhura Nuku – March 2019 in Upper Hutt, New Zealand. https://www.newfrontiers.nz

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