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New Zealand Threat Classification Series
Latest publication: October 2024
43. Conservation status of vascular plants in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2023
By: Peter J. de Lange, Jane Gosden, Shannel P. Courtney, Alexander J. Fergus, John W. Barkla, Sarah M. Beadel, Paul D. Champion, Rowan Hindmarsh-Walls, Troy Makan and Pascale Michel. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 43. 105 p. (PDF 3,177K)
42. Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous terrestrial Gastropoda (slugs and snails). Part 3. Rhytididae (carnivorous snails), 2022
By: Kath Walker, Kerry Walton, Eric Edwards, Rod Hitchmough, Ian Payton, Gary Barker and Pascale Michel. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 42. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 32 p. (PDF, 4937K)
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Science for Conservation Series
Latest publication: October 2024
341. Conservation management of the critically endangered matuku-hūrepo/Australasian bittern: a review of threats and preliminary management techniques
By: Emma M. Williams. Science for Conservation 341. 64 p. (PDF, 10,309)
340. List of environmental weeds in New Zealand 2024
By: Kate G. McAlpine and Clayson J. Howell. Science for Conservation 340. 37 p. (PDF, 3,491K)
View list of environmental weeds as a spreadsheet (XLSX, 53K)
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DOC Research and Development Series
Latest publication: October 2024
371. Threatened species research gaps and priorities for the Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai
By: Tara J. Murray, Kerry M. Borkin, Anni Brumby and Colin F.J. O’Donnell.
DOC Research and Development Series 371. 40 p. (PDF, 7,224K)
Summary (PDF, 5,171K)
Supplementary material (XLSX,319K)
370. Improving the estimation of population risk to Hector’s and Māui dolphins (Cephalorhynchus hectori) using carcass data, focusing on toxoplasmosis.
By: Jim O. Roberts
DOC Research and Development Series 370. 22p. (PDF, 21,961K)
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Threatened Species Recovery Strategies and Plans
Latest publication: September 2024
Te Ara Mōrehu: He Rautaki Whakaora Kākāriki Karaka / Kākāriki Karaka Recovery Strategy 2024–2034. A. Murphy, Y. Couch-Lewis, with contributions from C. Bennett and the Kākāriki Karaka Recovery Group. 32 p. (PDF, 11,775K)
Te Rautaki Whakaora Kea / Kea Recovery Strategy 2024–2034. K. Weston, F. Sloan, B. Hodgson, J. Kemp, T. Orr-Walker, T. Dearlove, T. Greene, A. Goodman, J. McAulay, L. McLean, J. Van Hal and L. Young. 23 p. (PDF, 10, 653K)