Conservation land New Zealand has 14 national parks, and a wide number of other conservation lands with varying levels of environmental protection, called the conservation estate in total.[10] About one third of this estate, generally the land considered most valuable, has been protected from mining since 1997 via being listed in Schedule 4 of the Crown Minerals Act 1991 (though recent (2010) moves by the Fifth National Government have proposed exemption some areas from Schedule 4). While much of the conservation land not protected as national parks or Schedule 4 land is much more damaged or human-modified than the core conservation areas, these areas serve as boundary and species buffer zones.
Posted on: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 23:47:57 +0000
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