Rare and threatened species and habitats (ecological communities) confer a special significance with people; demanding urgent attention because they are in real danger of extinction if no action is taken. While genuinely rare or ecologically restricted species and habitats are about, the majority of the now swelling classes of the rare and threatened has been created in only quite recent times with the massive changes unleashed following European colonisation. Land clearing, stock grazing, the introduction of pests, and the cessation … Continue reading Threatened habitats and species recovery