Biological Heritage

Our Objective – Ngā whainga

Working to protect Aotearoa’s biodiversity, improve biosecurity and enhance resilience to harmful pests, weeds and diseases
Whakamana

Helping New Zealanders protect our precious environment.

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Tiaki

Contributing to world class biosecurity

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Whakahou

Creating a resilient, thriving environment

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More knowledge is urgently needed to underpin future approaches and tools to fight these plant diseases.

We’re striving to deliver a breakthrough solution that will control or eradicate at least one pest from mainland Aotearoa.

Our approach blends Mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) with modern research methods.

We’re working to remove or mitigate known priority threats, and improve the prediction of threats emerging globally.

July newsletter – National Science Challenge

Soil bacteria, Vision Mātauranga, biosecurity investments and more . . .

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July Quick Update – Ngā Rākau Taketake

Opportunities, media and new scientific papers in the myrtle rust and kauri dieback spaces.

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Better Border Biosecurity (B3) research collaboration – July updates

Six new plant border biosecurity projects have started in July 2020, adding to an already extensive suite of work currently…

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Our Objective – Ngā whainga