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In 1940s New Zealand, cordgrass was planted to reclaim wetlands for grazing; it spread across tidal mudflats, forcing decades of eradication work

Hindustan Times - World · 10 October 2026 at 9:01 am

In 1940s New Zealand, cordgrass was planted to reclaim wetlands for grazing; it spread across tidal mudflats, forcing decades of eradication work

In the 1940s, New Zealand planted cordgrass for pasture.

It now damages the estuary mudflats birds rely on, and officials are still fighting it.

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In 1940s New Zealand, cordgrass was planted to reclaim wetlands for grazing; it spread across tidal mudflats, forcing decades of eradication work

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