Under section 8 (1) (a) of the Forests (West Coast Accord) Act 2000, the Minister of Finance and the Minister for
State-Owned Enterprises jointly declare that the land described in the Schedule is held under the Conservation Act 1987 for conservation purposes and as an ecological area subject to that Act to be known as the Bell Hill-Granite Hill Ecological Area, to protect a bird-rich sequence of podocarp forest on valley floors, hard beech forest on slopes and hardwood forest on ridges on Old Man Gravels.
This notice shall take effect on 1 July 2001.
Schedule
Westland Land District-Grey District
Bell Hill-Granite Hill Ecological Area
6916.8600 hectares, being Sections 1 and 2, S.O. 12109.
Dated at Wellington this 26th day of June 2001.
DR MICHAEL CULLEN, Minister of Finance.
MARK BURTON, Minister for State-Owned Enterprises.
Explanatory Note:
Ecological areas are held for conservation purposes to protect indigenous intrinsic natural values and resources, ecological and evolutionary systems and in particular to protect values of scientific interest.
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