Protecting and restoring our natural heritage - A practical guide

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• Introduction (PDF, 1397K) 
  • Managing remnant ecosystems
  • Landscape restoration
• Legal protection (PDF, 238K)
• Protection options 
• Funding sources and contacts
• Key steps to effective management (PDF, 1504K) 
• Management plans 
• Site assessment 
• Weed control 
• Animal pest control 
• Domestic stock
• Buffering 
• Monitoring
• Remnant ecosystems and their management PDF (2819K) 
• Forests and shrublands
• Grasslands and herbfields
• Wetlands and riparian areas
• Coastal dunelands and banks
• Initiating a restoration project (PDF, 1345K
• Contributing to conservation
• Reasons for restoration plantings
• Resources and contacts
• Restoration proposals
• Key steps to effective restoration (PDF, 35K)
• Site plan and inventory 
• Site history and species list 
• Planting plans 
• Budgeting 
• Record keeping
• Plant supply and propagation (PDF, 81K)
• Genetic source and provenance
• Propagation and plant stock
• Site preparation (PDF, 1225K)
• Fencing 
• Weed and pest control
• Ground preparation 
• Vegetation clearance 
• Herbicides 
• Providing temporary shelter
• Planting tools and people management PDF (1601K) 
• Tools and people management 
• Timing 
• Plant numbers and spacings 
• Plant storage and watering 
• Planting techniques 
• Fertiliser and watering 
• Mulching
• Maintaining a restoration project (PDF, 453K) 
• Weed control 
• Animal pests and stock
• Plant replacement/blanking
• Secondary species 
• Removing shelter 
• Monitoring and adapting management  
• Restoration case studies 
• Part one (PDF, 3,853K)
• Part two (PDF 2,723K) 
• References and selcted bibliography and Appendix one: Invasive Weeds (PDF, 92K)

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• Legal protection
• Key steps to effective management
• Native ecosystems and their management
• Initiating a restoration project
• Key steps to effective restoration
• Plant supply and propagation
• Nursery plant grades and their characteristics
• Site preparation
• Common herbicides used to control weeds
• Planting tools and people management
• Maintaining a restoration project
• Animal pest control poisons
• Restoration case studies
• Identification books
• Appendix one: Invasive weeds
• The decline of New Zealands freshwater wetlands

Publication information

Authors: Mark Davis – freelance ecologist and Dr. Colin Meurk – Landcare Research plant ecologist

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