Predator Free 2050 too narrowly focused, say researchers

Predator Free 2050 too narrowly focused, say researchers
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Greg Hurrell
Researchers into biodiversity have called into question the Predator Free 2050 programme, and say its focus is too narrow to fix New Zealand’s degraded biodiversity.Vested interests and socio-political pressures appeared to be distorting conservation priorities.In a paper from Te Pūnaha Matatini, authors John Leathwick and Andrea Byrom said controlling ungulates such as deer, pigs, goats and chamois had been largely ignored in recent times, yet had a major effect on biodiversity. Te Pūnaha Matatini is a Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE...

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