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Month: June 2019
Partnering to bring nature back to our cities
Find out how urban environments hold a huge, untapped opportunity for restoring our native biodiversity.
Predator Free New Zealand – are we dreaming?
To achieve a predator-Free New Zealand, we need to prepare for future scenarios now.
Sharing environmental DNA across New Zealand
The Environmental DNA (eDNA) Hub had its first public road test in May 2019.
Cutting-edge technology to help mahinga kai species
A complete ‘platinum-standard’ reference genome could help the conservation, commercial and customary harvest of a treasured mahinga kai species.
Strategy update: June 2019
Read the latest update about how we’re progressing our Tranche 2 strategy.
A Restoration Ambassador for rural New Zealand
Farmers will soon have access to free, independent advice about how to conserve native biodiversity on their land.
Bioethics panel
However, moving any new control measures from the lab to the landscape is as much a social challenge as it is a biological challenge. Researchers need to find ways to include the public early and often in discussing predator control plans, and allow people to have a say in which methods are deployed. In response […]
State of biodiversity in NZ
BioHeritage Director Dr Andrea Byrom responds to the NZ Herald about the state of our environment.