Open AccessUnnatural divides: species protection in a fragmented legal landscape
Author(s) -
Pip Wallace
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
policy quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2324-1101
pISSN - 2324-1098
DOI - 10.26686/pq.v12i1.4573
Subject(s) - representativeness heuristic , wildlife , estate , environmental planning , natural (archaeology) , environmental resource management , diversity (politics) , geography , land use , wildlife conservation , biodiversity , real estate , business , ecology , political science , environmental science , biology , psychology , social psychology , archaeology , finance , law
Human use and development reshapes land, reconstitutes water, consumes space and natural resources and alters faunal compositions. This presents significant challenges to policy makers and wildlife conservation managers mandated to maintain and enhance biological diversity. In New Zealand a sizeable public conservation estate (approximately one third of the land area) buffers these inroads; however, limitations in terms of the representativeness and extent of the estate.