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Conservation estate

One-third of this country's conservation estate has been categorised as stewardship land.

The Glasgow Range, near the Mokihinui River on the West Coast was unprotected crown land in 1987 that became stewardship land. Source: Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment archives.

St James Station in North Canterbury was purchased by the Government in 2008 for addition to the conservation estate. Five years later, it is still stewardship land. Credit: Matt Pilott.

Stewardship vs Doc land 2013. Map provided by Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.

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