The Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand (Inc) (commonly referred to by its acronym, FMC), is a New Zealand environment and conservation NGO.^[1]

It is the only national association of over 110 tramping, mountain climbing clubs and schools. Membership, both financial and associated, is currently (Jan 2021) 23,000.^{[citation needed]} It was founded in 1931 by existing tramping clubs uniting to fight possible threats to New Zealand's mountain and forested areas.^[2] FMC has continued since then to actively:

promote membership of Clubs as a means of enjoying the outdoors
advocacy on access issues related to New Zealand's outdoors
liaise with Government Ministries and NGO's on all matters related to the outdoors

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^ Shultis, John (1 January 1997). "Social and ecological manifestations in the development of the Wilderness Area concept in New Zealand" (PDF). International Journal of Wilderness. 3 (3): 12–16.
^ Barnet1 MacLean2, Shaun1 Chris2 (2019). Leading the Way, 100 Years of the Tararua Tramping Club. Wellington, NZ: Tararua Tramping Club with Potton & Burton. pp. 105, 108. ISBN 978 0 473 461744.((cite book)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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