Why?
Why do we, or, should that be, why did we used to say, "What a dill!" or, "Don't be a dill!" In fact this is a real dill, well, it's the flower of a real dill. Nothing stupid about it so far as I can see.
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Toon Trees which I photographed in 2015 from the top of a ladder so as to avoid various fences and other distractions lower down. The Toona sinensis species is native to Australia and Asia.
Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
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