Conference 2003
Greening the City:
Bringing Biodiversity Back
into the Urban Environment
Abstract:
Community
Involvement in Urban Biodiversity Restoration
Mike Peters (NZ Ecological Restoration Network)
3000 community groups
are involved in 3000 restoration projects around New Zealand. This is a recent
movement that has come out of nowhere — from ordinary people
doing extraordinary work.
NZERN is a service provider
jointly owned by 300 of these groups to create a giant "DIY recipe
book" and also make all these efforts visible. A database driven
50,000 page website http://www.bush.org.nz
is used by members to store and share information. Print publications,
field days and personal contact are all ways to share experience,
raise standards and overcome isolation.
Community initiated and
driven conservation efforts are the way to win hearts and minds.
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