Predator Free New Zealand: Social, Cultural, and Ethical Challenges
A bioethics panel was established to map out the landscape of social, ethical and cultural considerations surrounding Predator Free New Zealand. The panel was co-convened…
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Effective Biodiversity Conservation Requires Dynamic, Pluralistic, Partnership-Based Approaches
Biodiversity loss undermines the long-term maintenance of ecosystem functions and the well-being of human populations. Global-scale policy initiatives, including the Convention on Biological Diversity, have…
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What is the role of biodiversity in mediating the effects of climate change on New Zealand’s future agroecosystems?
Climate change will have far-reaching negative impacts on all aspects of Earth’s state and functions, including ongoing biodiversity decline and threats to agricultural production. These…
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Towards robust and repeatable sampling methods in eDNA‐based studies
DNA-based techniques are increasingly used for measuring the biodiversity (species presence, identity, abundance and community composition) of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. While there are numerous…
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Protected land: Threat of invasive species
A letter written and published in response to the report “One -third of global protected land is under intense human pressure”, discussing that the index…
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Te Mahi Tiaki Taiao – Supporting taiao groups to care for their people and environment
A report on the trial of Te Kete Hononga for Reconnecting Northland. This study is one of three exemplar studies of restoration collectives within…
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Sharing knowledge to empower collective approaches to restoration
Community organisations have come to play a key role in biodiversity conservation and restoration over the last 30 years, with thousands of volunteer and kaitiaki…
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A round table exploration of Indigenous rights and participation in plant pathology
Marsh A, Parata H, Ashby T. 2023. A round table exploration of Indigenous rights and participation in plant pathology. International Congress of Plant Pathology. 21/08/2023…
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Centring Indigenous knowledge systems to re-imagine conservation translocations
Now more than ever, creative solutions that bring together diverse ways of knowing and seeing the world are needed to restore and enhance biocultural diversity…
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Te Taiao Collectives: Communities joining forces for ecosystem restoration
Community-based restoration and regeneration are increasingly common pathways for collective action on interconnected social and environmental issues. As community initiatives gain pace, the need for…
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Relational values provide common ground and expose multi-level constraints to cross-cultural wetland management
The unprecedented level of threat facing many of the world’s natural and cultural systems calls for the collaboration of multiple interest groups to engage in…
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Integrative analysis of stressor gradients reveals multiple discrete trait‐defined axes underlie community assembly
The generalizable functional attributes of organisms (traits) relate strongly to their environment across multiple levels of biological organization, making trait-based approaches a powerful mechanistic framework…
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The propagation of disturbances in ecological networks
Network science has revealed that the architecture of many complex biological, physical, and social systems facilitates the direct and indirect propagation of disturbances. Ecological disturbances,…
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Current knowledge and potential impacts of climate change on New Zealand’s biological heritage
While global climate change is impacting biota across the world, New Zealand’s maritime climate is highly variable and relatively mild, so climate change is sometimes…
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BOOK: Indigenous Pacific Approaches to Climate Change
Situating Māori Ecological Knowledge (MEK) within traditional environmental knowledge (TEK) frameworks, this book recognizes that indigenous ecological knowledge contributes to our understanding of how we…
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BRIEF: Pathways to Ecosystem Regeneration
New Zealander’s care greatly about nature, and each year communities and likeminded individuals show the power of collective efforts: In some suburbs, as many as…
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