The Drama of Conservation: The History of Pureora Forest, New Zealand

Book Overview

1. A Dramatic Landscape.- 2. Forest and wildlife.- 3. Maori of the central North Island to 1860.- 4. The European impact: exploration to conflict, 1840-1890.- 5. Opening the way for logging, 1890-1945.- 6. Management of native forests in the central North Island 1919-1978.- 7. The Pureora project.- 8. Pureora village and its community, 1945-87.- 9. Conflict: words to action, 1970-78.- 10. The moratorium and afterwards, 1978-87.- 11. Rethinking forest administration, 1978-87.- 12. Protecting the forests from introduced herbivores.- 13. Protecting the wildlife from predators.- 14. Recreation and development.- 15. Conclusion.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319371355
• ISBN13: 9783319371351
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 357 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"