Fenced Enclosures
Following the example of what had been achieved on offshore islands, groups of New Zealanders decided to create artificial ecological islands on the mainland so that the public could have easier access and learn what New Zealand looked and sounded like before human colonisation. There are excellent projects where alien species numbers are kept down by various methods other than a pest-exclusion fence or the coastline, but these are not generally described as ecological islands.
Projects that do meet the criteria, or are aiming to, include:
- New Zealand
- Glenfern Sanctuary Charitable Trust
- Karori Wildlife Sanctuary - Karori Wildlife Sanctuary Trust
- Maungatautari Restoration Project - Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust
- Moehau Environment Group
- Orokonui Ecosanctuary - Orokonui Ecosanctuary
- Tawharanui Open Sanctuary - Tawharanui Open Sanctuary Society
- The Brook Waimarama Sanctuary (external website)
- Brook Waimarama Sanctuary
- Australia
- Melbourne Wildlife Sanctuary
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