Wetlands of New Zealand : a bitter-sweet story / Janet Hunt.

By:

Hunt, Janet, 1951-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Auckland, N.Z : Random House New Zealand, 2007.Description: 256 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 29 cmISBN:

9781869419042 (hbk.) :

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

333.9180993 22

Awards:

Montana New Zealand Book Awards Montana Medal for Non-Fiction, 2008
Montana New Zealand Book Awards Environment Award, 2008

Summary: Wetlands are the unheralded gems of the New Zealand landscape. Seriously endangered and taken for granted by New Zealanders, they are often stunning environments and harbour all manner of beautiful and rare flora and fauna. This beautiful, environmentally important book describes what wetlands do, what we find in wetlands - plants, aquatic life, birds and animals - and it also looks at the conservation and restoration of wetlands. Examining the different kinds of wetlands - peatlands, wetlands for waders, coastal wtlands, urban wetlands, upland and geothermal wetlands and rivers - it also focuses on the internationally renowned wetlands known as the Ramsar convention wetlands: Firth of Thames, Kopuatai Peat Dome, Whangamarino, Farewell Spit, Waituna Lagoon, and the Manawatu estuary. A substantial book featuring excellent natural history writing by award-winner Janet Hunt combined with excellent photography by Arno Gasteiger.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Non-Fiction - New Zealand	Waimate Non-Fiction	Non Fiction	333.918 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Not for loan		A0047112X

Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-247) and index.

Wetlands are the unheralded gems of the New Zealand landscape. Seriously endangered and taken for granted by New Zealanders, they are often stunning environments and harbour all manner of beautiful and rare flora and fauna. This beautiful, environmentally important book describes what wetlands do, what we find in wetlands - plants, aquatic life, birds and animals - and it also looks at the conservation and restoration of wetlands. Examining the different kinds of wetlands - peatlands, wetlands for waders, coastal wtlands, urban wetlands, upland and geothermal wetlands and rivers - it also focuses on the internationally renowned wetlands known as the Ramsar convention wetlands: Firth of Thames, Kopuatai Peat Dome, Whangamarino, Farewell Spit, Waituna Lagoon, and the Manawatu estuary. A substantial book featuring excellent natural history writing by award-winner Janet Hunt combined with excellent photography by Arno Gasteiger.

Montana New Zealand Book Awards Montana Medal for Non-Fiction, 2008

Montana New Zealand Book Awards Environment Award, 2008

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