Two decades since its creation the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park is overfished and overrun with sea urchins. Community groups are calling for urgent action to save the once abundant habitatPhotography by Richard RobinsonTiritiri Matangi is one of the jewels of New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf. For the past 35 years the island, which is within sight of Auckland's skyscrapers, has been a protected nature reserve.Step ashore and you're enveloped in birdsong: kiwi and takahe thrive here, and vegetation envelops the cliffs to the sea. But beneath the waves it's a different story. Continue reading...
'We used to be leaders': the collapse of New Zealand's landmark ocean park
11. března 2020 5:45
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Zdroj: The Guardian