Vanishing nature
Subtitle: facing New Zealand's biodiversity crisis
By: Marie A Brown, RT Theo Stephens, Raewyn Peart, Bevis Fedder
Series: EDS guide series
Publisher: Environmental Defence Society Incorporated
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Auckland, New Zealand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780987666048
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity; Animal ecology; Conservation of natural resources
Description: New Zealand’s remarkable indigenous biodiversity is fragile and it’s in crisis. Our economic institutions promote biodiversity loss by not accounting for environmental costs and our laws and policies are unable to prevent the resulting ongoing losses. The design and implementation of policy and programmes that safeguard ecosystems require both an understanding of political, economic and social factors influencing biodiversity protection as well as being founded on established ecological principles. The book presents an exhaustive analysis of New Zealand’s biodiversity loss and its conservation. The authors argue that the fundamental drivers of harm as well as the barriers to effective protection must be addressed if we are to halt the loss of our native species and ecosystems and maintain our natural capital. This will require novel economic institutions designed to bring private and public interests toward alignment. The book includes a comprehensive suite of strategic, tactical and practical solutions and finishes with a vision and action plan that EDS is committed to champion in the coming years. Biodiversity loss is not inevitable, it is a choice.
Notes: Published with assistance of the New Zealand Law Foundation.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The story so far; title: Drivers of biodiversity loss and a framework to address them; title: Managing public conservation land; title: Protecting biodiversity on private land; title: Safeguarding freshwater biodiversity; title: Protecting marine biodiversity; title: Protecting marine biodiversity; title: Supporting community conservation; title: Finding solutions; title: Summary and vision.