Kopuatai Peat Dome
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The Kopuatai Peat Dome is a wetland on the Hauraki Plains in New Zealand.
The 10,201 ha wetland was listed under the Ramsar Convention in 1989 as a Wetland of International Importance.[1] It is one of only three rare New Zealand examples of a resiad wetland, those containing the botanical Family Restionaceae.[2]
It survived extensive draining of the wetlands on the Hauraki Plains and was given protection in 1987 when it came under the administration of the newly formed Department of Conservation.[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Report for Kopuatai Peat Dome, Ramsar Site No.: 444, Wetlands International Site Reference No.: 5NZ004". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Wetlands International. 2012. http://www.wetlands.org/reports/spec.cfm?site_id=579. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^ "Restiad Wetlands". Landcare Trust. 2012. http://www.landcare.org.nz/Regional-Focus/Hamilton-Tauranga-Offices/Restiad-Wetlands. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^ Hunt, Janet (2007). Wetlands of New Zealand. Random House New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-86941-904-2.
[edit] External links
- Department of Conservation - Kopuatai Peat Dome
- Wetland Trust - Kopuatai Peat Dome
Coordinates: 37°26′S 175°33′E / 37.433°S 175.55°E
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