Thread: Goodbye possums, rats and stoats

Uncontrolled weeds are destroying native landscapes and New Zealanders are being urged to help root out the "Dirty Dozen".

The Department of Conservation has declared a War on Weeds and is launching a nationwide citizen science project through the Naturewatch website.

DOC wants people to go out and record where they find the plants on its list - a baker's dozen of 13 - in their neighbourhood or local reserve.

"The Dirty Dozen are widespread and common weeds that are threatening to smother native plant communities," project Alicia Warren says.

GOD GIVE ME FUCKEN STRENGTH

Info to pass on
“Zealandia, a predator free plant and bird sanctuary in Wellington, cost $17 million to set up with an operating cost of $867,000.

“Using these figures as a yardstick, the cost of keeping the entire country predator free and maintaining it would see a capital expenditure cost of $1.67 trillion and an operating cost of $91 billion per annum – as New Zealand is 98,000 times larger than Zealandia.

“The operating cost alone would be 40% of New Zealand’s GDP.

UNFORTUNATLY THATS ABOUT AS VALID AS THIER 70 MILLION POSSUM ESTIMATE