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Biodiversity Introduced species
Land area under pest management
For all pests listed (goats, possums, weeds, deer and thar), there has been an overall increase in areas (in thousands of hectares) managed over the period reviewed. The largest area is managed for goats.
Land area under sustained management of pest species by the Department of Conservation, 2000–2006
| Sustained management |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Possums |
669 |
772 |
918 |
955 |
1,014 |
987 |
1,069 |
Goats |
1,574 |
1,751 |
1,904 |
2,239 |
2,423 |
1,738 |
2,422 |
Deer |
149 |
239 |
458 |
438 |
440 |
302 |
650 |
Thar |
615 |
744 |
1,214 |
903 |
876 |
845 |
NA |
Weeds |
306 |
421 |
609 |
683 |
766 |
809 |
1256 |
Note: NA = data not available.
Data sources: Department of Conservation.
This information has come from the latest national state of the environment report Environment New Zealand 2007.
Last updated: December 2008
