Ecosystems 18 - Biological Heritage NZ

Publication

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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Summary

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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Report

Considering a future spatial framework for wetland mapping and monitoring in New Zealand

The Ministry for the Environment, Department of Conservation, and the Biological Heritage National Science Challenge co-funded research to look at contemporary losses of wetland extent…

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Webinar

Crazy & Ambitious 4: Kanakana ki Mataura

Online presentation from Crazy & Ambitious 4: Kanakana ki Mataura, with Riki Parata, Hannah Thorburn and Luka Whaitiri Finn, Hokonui Rūnanga Kaupapa Taiao.

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Summary

Roles of restoration collectives – poster for digital use

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Video

How do Scientists Understand Myrtle Rust?

Conversations with six myrtle rust experts from Scion, Plant and Food and Beyond Myrtle Rust Commissioned by Centre for Indigenous Psychologies, and He Taonga Kē…

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The Differential Psychology of Environmental Protection/Exploitation

This article reviews and discusses available evidence on key individual differences associated with protection and exploitation of the natural environment. The discussion centers on personality…

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Eradicating mammals on New Zealand island reserves: what is left to do?

In 2016, the New Zealand Government announced a policy to rid the country of key introduced predators (possums (Trichosurus vulpecula), ship rats (Rattus rattus), Norway rats…

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Presentation

Biodiversity Instruments Briefing Note

The BioHeritage Challenge and the Adaptive Governance & Policy team (S07) commissioned the Climate Innovation Lab to identify the potential for innovative finance and funding…

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Policy Briefing

Planning for tipping points and enhancing resilience in production landscapes.

KEY MESSAGES 1. A social-ecological system, which emerges when people interact with the natural environment, can cross a tipping point to a self-reinforcing degraded state,…

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Predicting and Assessing Progress in the Restoration of Ecosystems

We present here the rationale and a method for predicting the trajectory of restoration and assessing its progress toward a predetermined state, the endpoint, using…

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Susceptibility of native New Zealand Myrtaceae to the South African strain of Austropuccinia psidii: A biosecurity threat

Austropuccinia psidii, the cause of myrtle rust, has spread globally where Myrtaceae occur. Multiple strains of A. psidii have been identified, including a unique strain found…

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Webinar

Protected, Restored, Connected

Online Presentations from Eco-index given at Crazy & Ambitious 3, 24 May 2022 1) John Reid (Ngāti Pikiao, Tainui; JD Reid Ltd) and Penny Payne…

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Kauri Rescue Story Map

The Kauri Rescue Story Map is an interactive experience that tells the story of how scientists have worked with mana whenua and communities in Kauri…

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Ecosystems

The propagation of disturbances in ecological networks

Current knowledge and potential impacts of climate change on New Zealand’s biological heritage

BOOK: Indigenous Pacific Approaches to Climate Change

BRIEF: Pathways to Ecosystem Regeneration

Considering a future spatial framework for wetland mapping and monitoring in New Zealand

Crazy & Ambitious 4: Kanakana ki Mataura

Roles of restoration collectives – poster for digital use

How do Scientists Understand Myrtle Rust?

The Differential Psychology of Environmental Protection/Exploitation

Eradicating mammals on New Zealand island reserves: what is left to do?

Biodiversity Instruments Briefing Note

Planning for tipping points and enhancing resilience in production landscapes.

Predicting and Assessing Progress in the Restoration of Ecosystems

Susceptibility of native New Zealand Myrtaceae to the South African strain of Austropuccinia psidii: A biosecurity threat

Protected, Restored, Connected

Kauri Rescue Story Map

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