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p5 Fire ban in force
p18 Fewer lambs Support: Banks Peninsula farmer Luis Thacker has been stock proofing his farm along the top ridge of the Summit road in support of a new conservation covenant. Photo by Marie Neal
p26 The price of milk
Support for covenant
A new conservation covenant under way along the Summit Road in Canterbury offers a rare glimpse into the abundant biodiversity that was once present on Banks Peninsula.
] by Kent Caddick p30
Situated next to DOC’s Otepatotu Scenic Reserve, and overlooking the eastern and Akaroa harbourside bays, the new covenant forms part of Luis Thacker’s farm. It contains remnant and regenerating forest and a rare ecosystem – all home to
specially adapted and intricately linked communities of plants, insects, birds, lizards and fungi. The Banks Peninsula Conservation Trust’s (BPCT) Conservation Covenants programme supports Banks Peninsula landowners to protect and maintain important indigenous biodiversity and landscape values on their
property. In special cases, specific cultural values can also be protected. “Areas of remnant forest and rare or ‘Naturally Uncommon’ ecosystems, as they are now known, are top priorities for protection by the Banks Peninsula Conservation Trust,” BPCT’s covenants coordinator, Marie Neal said. TO PAGE 2
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