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Welcome to Over the Fence, a forum, information and opinion site mainly but not exclusively devoted to Hawkes Bay environmental matters. I will be adding content from time to time and invite you to become a member (it's free) so you can contribute your twopence worth as well! We do the membership thing simply to maintain a bit of control over site content. Once you have signed up you'll have to wait a day or two until I have had time to vet your application and satisfied myself that you are who you say you are. After that comment away or add to the forums.
With membership comes your own free blog page so, as the inspiration strikes, blog away. Kindly respect the general theme of this site which is issues to do with the environment - if you step too far outside that guideline you may find yourself banned. Heaven forbid!
Cheers,
Ewen.
Notwithstanding doubters the evidence is overwhelming that man-induced global warming, or at least climate change, is happening. This, more than any other environmental issue, is an international challenge, and therefore requiring a strategy that transcends national boundaries. To date this has been relegated by nationalism. ‘Copenhagen’ is the evidence, if any is needed.
So why should we in Hawkes Bay wait for the collective of national governments to arrive at a consensus aimed at mitigating global warming by reducing greenhouse gases? We should not! Inaction is an abdication of our responsibilities to generations yet unborn!
Can we, the people of Hawkes Bay, respond to this challenge, and as a community take an initiative that could serve as an inspiration to other regions in New Zealand and beyond?
Project Ti Kouka is a project aimed at rejuvenating the iconic cabbage tree (cordyline australis), but most especially at ensuring that it remains a characteristic feature over open farmland and around wetlands across the New Zealand landscape. Cabbage trees over our rural landscapes are usually well over a hundred years old as they initially survived the fires that the early graziers exploited to clear the land, and subsequent grazing has prevented the establishment of new trees. Today those old survivors are increasingly showing the effects of age through decline and death.
Publicity, with the aim of motivating landowners, is a key part of Project Ti Kouka. The underpining objective is to develop a cabbage tree culture amoung the New Zealand public, but especially rural land owners. This plant species has a special place in the emotions of Kiwis; we intend to capitalise on this.