That the indigenous ecosystems, flora and fauna, and the natural landscapes of the South Island high country are adequately protected in a comprehensive network of parks and reserves.
Action
1. Advocate for the establishment of a network of
parks and reserves.
2. Seek conservation outcomes that are consistent with the New Zealand Biodiversity
Strategy.
3. Promote ecologically sustainable management.
4. Advocate protection of significant inherent values of pastoral leases, preferably
through Crown ownership and control.
5. Promote public access.
6. To the extent that it promotes conservation, advocate a fair financial return
to the Crown for its high country assets.
7. Advocate for the adequate control of introduced weeds and pests and, where
possible, their eradication, and for all relevant policies and plans to be consistent
with this. 8. Advocate that any commercial forestry be adequately constrained,
thereby preventing the spread of wilding trees and maintaining landscape values.
