Chapter Nine: The State of Our Biodiversity

• Key points
• Introduction
  • The Diversity of Life on Earth
  • The Adversities of Life on Earth
• Sources of biodiversity data
• The nature of New Zealand's biodiversity
  • The Age of the Birds
• The pressures on our biodiversity
  • The First Human Invasion
  • The Second Human Invasion
  • Current pressures on biodiversity
• The state of New Zealand's biodiversity
  • The State of Our Bacteria
  • The State of Our Protozoans
  • The State of Our Algae
  • The State of Our Indigenous Plants
  • The State of Our Fungi
  • The State of Our Invertebrate Animals
  • The State of Our Fish
  • The State of Our Frogs
  • The State of Our Reptiles
  • The State of Our Indigenous Birds
  • The State of Our Mammals
• Society's responses to the pressures
  • Key conservation laws
  • International conservation obligations
  • New Zealand's conservation network
  • Responses to the pressures on biodiversity
• Conclusions
• References

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