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Department of Conservation (DOC) resources

What's the impact? - an education unit that has six activities to help children understand the impact people can have on life in and around the sea. The activities in the unit focus on:
- people living close to the sea
- how seals / kekeno behave and how we can protect them
- the importance of marine reserves
What's the impact education unit (PDF, 183K)
Protecting our seas - information on marine biodiversity, people pressures, marine reserves, the tools to protect marine areas and how to establish marine protected areas.
Protecting our seas brochure (PDF, 679K)
Or view clips from the Protecting our seas DVD.
Meet the Locals video clips. Mini-documentaries about New Zealand's unique marine species and habitats.
DOC's marine reserves education kit

More information about New Zealand's marine life

Other resources

Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) New Zealand
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric (NIWA)
Kiwi Conservation Club
Environment Waikato Regional Council
The University of Auckland's marine laboratory Marine Reserve Education and Action Kit. Call Leigh to ask for a copy, phone +64 9 422 6111.

New Zealand goverment links

New Zealand biodiversity
Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand
Ministry of Fisheries
Ministry for the Environment New Zealand's Oceans Policy
New Zealand Legislation Database
A report by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, 1999:
Setting course for a sustainable future; the management of New Zealand's marine environment
Dr Bill Ballantine's website about marine reserves in New Zealand: "No Take" marine reserves

Other marine links

Find out more

Publications

2012 Meridian sustainability calendar (PDF, 1100K)

Contacts

For more information:

Contact your local Department of Conservation office

Or email events@doc.govt.nz