Urlich, Stephen2020-08-172017-02-15https://hdl.handle.net/10182/12505When Norway donated US$1 billion to Brazil to help slow down Amazon rainforest destruction in 2008, the world sat up and took notice. Brazilian Government figures show that 355,124 km2 (35,124,000 hectares) of rainforest had been damaged or destroyed between 1990 and 2014. Kiwis will be surprised to hear that we have an ecological crisis occurring here on a similar scaleBiodiversity maintenanceSeabed disturbanceBiogenic habitatPopular Press / News Item