The Fiordland National Park (FNP) in the southwest of the
South Island, is the largest national park in New Zealand with 1,260,740 ha and is one of the largest in the world. According to the conservation department, in 1986 FNP was recognised as a World Heritage Area and in 1990 the area was renamed Te Wähipounamu and was extended to include Westland, Aspiring and Aoraki.
FNP contains hundreds of islands with different sizes, which range from small piles of rock to the islands with 20,860 ha. In total, the area of the islands of FNP is over 40,000 ha.
FNP Islands offer large amounts of sites where the integrated management of biodiversity is often much more profitable than on the continent, since there are fewer and types of pests, plus lower rates of reinvasion, for example in some of these islands have never had rats, mice or Brushtail possums present. The Fiordland Islands restoration program seeks to preserve the high ecological values selected through the elimination of animal pests and unwanted plants islands, and the re-introduction of threatened fauna.
FNP contains hundreds of islands with different sizes, which range from small piles of rock to the islands with 20,860 ha. In total, the area of the islands of FNP is over 40,000 ha.
FNP Islands offer large amounts of sites where the integrated management of biodiversity is often much more profitable than on the continent, since there are fewer and types of pests, plus lower rates of reinvasion, for example in some of these islands have never had rats, mice or Brushtail possums present. The Fiordland Islands restoration program seeks to preserve the high ecological values selected through the elimination of animal pests and unwanted plants islands, and the re-introduction of threatened fauna.