Biodiversity protection resources for communities and agencies

These territorial authorities are examples of successful biodiversity protection programmes in some dryland areas

• Marlborough District Council (www.marlborough.govt.nz/enviromonitoring/ecology.cfm)
• Kaikoura District Council (www.kaikoura.govt.nz/our_services/sustainable_development/biodiversity)
• Greater Wellington Regional Council (www.gw.govt.nz/story13109.cfm)

These agencies fund biodiversity protection on private land

• QEII (www.qe2.org.nz)
• Department of Conservation (www.doc.govt.nz/templates/page.aspx?id=39022)

Information and resources (maps, downloads) for threatened environments

• Action Biocommunity website (www.biocommunity.org.nz))

Information on national priorities for protection

• http://www.biodiversity.govt.nz/pdfs/protecting-our-places-brochure.pdf
• http://www.biodiversity.govt.nz/pdfs/protecting-our-places-detail.pdf

This is an excellent resource for councils and community groups

• Action Biocommunity website (www.biocommunity.org.nz))

Resources for community groups

• New Zealand Ecological Restoration Network (www.bush.org.nz)
• New Zealand Biodiversity Recording Network (www.nzbrn.org.nz)
• New Zealand Plant Conservation Network (www.nzpcn.org.nz)
• New Zealand Landcare Trust (www.landcare.org.nz)

Examples of community initiatives in dryland ecosystems

• The Central Otago Ecological Trust is restoring native lizard communities in Central Otago (www.coet.org.nz)
• Te Ara Kākāriki Greenway Canterbury is an initiative to restore a network of patches and corridors of native vegetation in the Canterbury Plains (www.lincoln.ac.nz/story10345.html)
• Banks Peninsula Conservation Trust (www.bpct.org.nz)