Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 24, 2018 17:25:23 GMT 12
INDIGENOUS PLANTS IN HAWKE'S BAY ALMOST EXTINCT
Almost 90 percent of indigenous plants in Hawke's Bay have all but disappeared because of the dire state of biodiversity in the area.
It is a state of affairs which has seen major cultural loss for Māori in the region.
"Māori suffer because they no longer have access to their traditional foods in the rivers- they can't even swim in many of our rivers- so without Māori engagement this process can't be done," says Charles Daugherty, Biodiversity Hawke's Bay Foundation chairman.....
www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/indigenous-plants-hawkes-bay-almost-extinct
Almost 90 percent of indigenous plants in Hawke's Bay have all but disappeared because of the dire state of biodiversity in the area.
It is a state of affairs which has seen major cultural loss for Māori in the region.
"Māori suffer because they no longer have access to their traditional foods in the rivers- they can't even swim in many of our rivers- so without Māori engagement this process can't be done," says Charles Daugherty, Biodiversity Hawke's Bay Foundation chairman.....
www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/indigenous-plants-hawkes-bay-almost-extinct