At least 75 animal and plant species have become extinct since humans arrived in New Zealand. And in the past 15 years, the extinction risk has worsened for 86 species
, you can find updated graphs and tables, as well as a huge collection of interactive maps that allow you to visualize the data.identifies nine priority areas, highlighting the impact of human activity on everything from biodiversity to water pollution.
Since 1990, the amount of nitrogen applied to NZ soils has increased more than six-fold. There’s also been a shift in the type of farming that dominates the agricultural landscape. According to, pasture is now the biggest single type of land cover in New Zealand, covering nearly 40 % of the country . On that land, we’re also seeing more dairy cows – the national herd increased by 70 % between 1994 and 2017, while numbers of sheep and beef cattle declined.
More than 70,000 hectares of native vegetation was lost between 1996 and 2012 through conversion to pasture, plantation forestry, and urban areas.Since 1977, New Zealand's glaciers are estimated to have lost around one quarter of their ice – that’s enough ice to fill Wellington harbor 12 times.
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