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Threats & impacts

You are here: Conservation > Threats & impacts

Animal pests

Ship rat eating fantail chicks at nest. Photo: David Mudge.  DOC USE ONLY.

Animal pests pose a major threat to New Zealand's native species. Learn about these pests and how they're being controlled.

Weeds

Ipomoea indica (morning glory).

Weeds threaten our native landscapes, species and ecosystems. Find out how you can help.

Wildlife health

Collecting blood from a kea for lead poison testing.

Wildlife health is about ensuring wildlife are free from disease. Report sick or injured wildlife and share wildlife heath data.

Biosecurity

Heather was introduced to New Zealand to add a bit of variety and colour.  What seemed like a good idea has gone badly wrong. Photo: Cathy Jones.

Introduced species can devastate our environment. Biosecurity protects native ecosystems from these species.

DOC and fire management

DOC fire fighters are well-trained and well equipped. Photo: Murray Lane.

DOC works to prevent and manage fires on public conservation lands and issues fire permits.

Difference between endangered and threatened

The fairy tern is one of New Zealand’s threatened species. It is classified as Nationally Critical. Photo copyright Malcolm Pullman. DOC use only.

Endangered species and threatened species are, to many people, just different ways of describing the same thing. For DOC and other scientists the terms mean two different things.

Highlights:

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)

Learn about CITES - The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora - and the permits you need to import or export endangered species.

Videos about 1080

View a series of short videos on 1080 and its effect on water, flora and fauna.

 

Find out more

Contacts

Phone 0800 DOC HOTline (0800 362 468) 24 hour emergency number to report:

Sick or injured wildlife
Whale or dolphin strandings

 
Conservation for prosperity. Tiakina te taiao, kia puawai
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