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The Amazing “Wildside Project” #1 on Banks Peninsula
Learn all about the Amazing Wildside Project on Banks Peninsula, a leading farming and landowner conservation project.
The Wildside Conservation Story: Where it all began.
The Wildside is an area on the outer edge of Banks Peninsula recognised for its high biodiversity value and a community of landowners who have become conservation leaders for their…
Banks Peninsula titi have been saved on private land!
Banks Peninsula titi burrow monitoring result summary, 1995 to 2018 A graph showing the incredible increase in titi since a predator proof fence was installed around the colony in 2010.
The Wildside Project won the 2017 Green Ribbon Award for Community Leadership under the management of Marie Haley
Banks Peninsula’s Farmers Win The 2017 Green Ribbon Award
The Wildside story started 25 years ago, when a Banks Peninsula farmer set out to protect the little blue penguins on his farm. Since then this project has grown to harness a whole community in protecting the special environment of the Banks Peninsula.
These little penguins have been recovering well due to predator control
Amazing Conservation Success on Banks Peninsula Driven by Farmers.
Titi or sooty shearwater were once common across Banks Peninsula along with many other species of burrowing petrel, by 1995 only one pair remained in mainland Canterbury (that is from…
Yellow-eyed penguins on Banks peninsula have been facing several seasons of decline.
Yellow-eyed Penguins Endangered on the Mainland
Across the mainland hōiho or yellow-eyed penguins (YEP) are having a tough time of it. This year the number of breeding pairs on Otago Peninsula was only about 200…