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Teaching youth about native plants and animals
North Island rangatahi will test a new app that connects them with the environment by teaching them about plants and animals.
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Stirring waters to clean them up
Disrupting waterways may hold the key to long-term stream restoration.
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Stepping down: Natasha Tassell-Matamua moving from co-lead to researcher for Theme 2
Natasha Tassell-Matamua is stepping down as co-lead for Theme 2 – Mobilising for action. But don’t worry, she isn’t going far! She’ll continue in a research capacity for several projects within the theme. Here’s what she has to say about this transition.
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Invasive wasps are sharing resources
New research has shown that invasive wasp species are sharing resources, allowing them to coexist.
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Ngā Pī Ka Rere spotlight: Izzy Busby, fascinated by citizen science
Izzy Busby is passionate about science accessibility. She is harnessing her passion in a new role as research fellow for Novel Tools and Strategies – Supporting PF2050. In this role, she will be developing a software tool to help communities make decisions about invasive mammalian predator control.
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Ngā Pī Ka Rere spotlight: Karla Carey, interrogating the use of kaitiakitanga in policy
Karla Carey has arrived in environmental stewardship through growing her passion for psychology and her interest in her Māori culture. We welcome Karla, a Master’s student at Massey University, to the Empowering Kaitiakitanga & Environmental Stewardship team.
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What’s in a name? Demystifying lilly pilly hedges
Every winter, Beyond Myrtle Rust asks gardeners to prune their lilly pilly hedges to help prevent the spread of myrtle rust, a deadly plant disease caused by the fungus Austropuccinia psidii. New growth encouraged by pruning is less likely to be infected by A. psidii in winter.
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The potential for the use of gene drives for pest control in New Zealand: a perspective.
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 48: 225-244.
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Risk Assessment & Ecosystem Impacts
Māori advisor: Dr Nick Waipara Rongawhakaata, Ngāti Ruapani Plant and Food Research Students
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Gene drives – maybe not a silver bullet, but a bullet nonetheless
A gene drive is both a natural process and a genetic engineering technology where a gene is promoted or favoured during reproduction—instead of there being a “chance” of an offspring…
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Eco-index Restoration Map has launched! Here’s the buzz.
In case you missed it, the Eco-index Ecosystem Restoration Map has been in the news, garnering national coverage from RNZ, The Spinoff, and New Zealand Herald as well as featuring…
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The future is seedy for ex situ plant conservation in Aotearoa
Not only providing the set and stage for our native fauna, Aotearoa New Zealand’s trees are themselves diverse and dynamic players in our native ecosystems. Sarah Wyse calls them the…