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Projects

The Endangered Species Foundation is a registered charitable organisation supporting high-priority conservation projects that protect New Zealand’s most vulnerable indigenous species and habitats from extinction. We aim to save the 'Rarest of the Rare'. We are focused on successful and sustainable projects that will avert the extinction of New Zealand’s unique indigenous biodiversity in all of its forms – from plants and fungi through to fish, insects, birds and mammals.

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 By improving the health of our waterways, we can safeguard and restore habitats of our most endangered freshwater species.

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Facilitating the return of threatened Ngutukākā to appropriate landscapes across Te-Ika-a-Maui, on the East Coast of the North Is.

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A population of 50 critically endangered Chesterfield skinks has now been established in captivity at Auckland Zoo.

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A strategy combining conservation, industry, politics and public support is needed to prevent the extinction of the Māui dolphin.

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Our Top 50 Most Endangered Species List identifies the species at biggest risk of extinction here in Aotearoa and what needs to be done.​

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Seedlings of Nelson’s critically endangered coastal peppercress are being grown in Dunedin in an innovative approach to safeguard the species from extinction. 

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The critically endangered tara iti, New Zealand fairy tern has only 10 breeding pairs left and is the most endangered of our birds.

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ERA Ecology NZ Ltd developed a restoration plan for us for Te Kopahou Reserve (Red Rocks) on Wellington’s south coast.

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The Endangered Species Foundation attracted partial funding for a project to establish an endangered insect captive breeding facility. 

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Endangered Species Foundation

The Endangered Species Foundation is a registered charitable organisation supporting high-priority biodiversity projects that protect New Zealand’s most vulnerable indigenous species and habitats from extinction.

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Email: info@endangeredspecies.org.nz

Registered Charity: CC49520

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