环保团体敦促新西兰总理将“灌木林”土地作为国家公园加以保护, Environmental groups urged New Zealand's PM to protect "scrubby" land as national parks, safeguarding it from mining.

环境团体与新西兰总理会面, 以强调管理土地的生态及景观价值, Environmental groups met with New Zealand's Prime Minister to highlight the ecological and landscape value of stewardship land, countering ministers' descriptions of it as "scrubby." 占全国9%的这片土地正在接受审查,以便指定国家公园,保护它不受采矿的影响。 This land, which makes up 9% of the country, is under review for potential National Park designation, protecting it from mining. 保护部长准备完成今年对西岸644 000公顷土地的审查工作。 The Minister of Conservation is set to finalize the review of 644,000 hectares of this land on the West Coast this year.