Greater Wellington Regional Council Chair Chris Laidlaw says
today’s launch of stage one of Predator Free
Wellington’s project is an important step towards
improving biodiversity in our region.
“We’re so
proud to have supported, and been involved in, what will be
an amazing achievement on the Miramar Peninsula, a true
world-first.
“We’ve supplied our expertise of more
than twenty years designing and managing biosecurity
projects across the region to support Predator Free
Wellington since the very beginning.”
Cr Laidlaw says
the goals of Predator Free Wellington very much align with
those of Greater Wellington – to improve native
biodiversity in the region, and “bring back our dawn
chorus for everyone”.
“From our perspective it has
taken three years, many planning documents, countless site
visits and a lot of hard work to get to this stage. The
communities on the Miramar Peninsula should be praised and
recognised for their astounding efforts,” Cr Laidlaw says.
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