{"id":13132,"date":"2020-01-22T13:24:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T04:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/commentisfree\/2020\/jan\/22\/new-zealand-has-been-a-life-raft-for-unique-species-now-they-must-adapt-or-die"},"modified":"2020-01-22T13:24:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T04:24:39","slug":"new-zealand-has-been-a-life-raft-for-unique-species-now-they-must-adapt-or-die-erica-wilkinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=13132","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand has been a life-raft for unique species \u2013 now they must adapt or die | Erica Wilkinson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our nation has been in a biodiversity crisis for more than 100 years, but the climate crisis could push our at-risk animals to the brink<\/p>\n<p>As world leaders debate how to curb emissions to shape a better tomorrow, for New Zealand\u2019s iconic wildlife the reality is clear \u2013 the environment they once thrived in has rapidly changed and species must adapt to survive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/newzealand\">New Zealand<\/a> is home to species found nowhere else in the world \u2013 a flightless parrot, a reptile as old as the dinosaurs, a bat that uses folded wings as \u201climbs\u201d to scramble around on the forest floor. The unique wildlife thrived on a landmass that was essentially a life-raft separated from predators such as rats and stoats for 80m years.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/commentisfree\/2020\/jan\/22\/new-zealand-has-been-a-life-raft-for-unique-species-now-they-must-adapt-or-die\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our nation has been in a biodiversity crisis for more than 100 years, but the climate crisis could push our at-risk animals to the brinkAs world leaders debate how to curb emissions to shape a better tomorrow, for New Zealand\u2019s iconic wildlife the real&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":862,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,456,65,56,94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-conservation","category-environment","category-new-zealand","category-wildlife"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/862"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13133,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13132\/revisions\/13133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}