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Kaitiakitanga: protecting New Zealand's native biodiversity
1School of Geography, Kingston University, Surrey KT1 2EE, UK. m.morad@kingston.ac.uk
Biologist (London, England)
|January 12, 2001
Abstract:
Kaitiakanga is a Maori word meaning guardianship. It is a word that has become central to New Zealand's efforts to conserve native biodiversity as well as encapsulating the new emphasis on inclusion of Maori cultural values and land concerns.