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DNA metabarcoding as a tool for invertebrate community monitoring: a case study comparison with conventional techniques

When conserving native biodiversity, it is particularly important to consider invertebrates, a diverse and functionally important component of biodiversity. However, their inclusion in monitoring and…
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Hōhonu – deepening Te Ao Māori within Aotearoa New Zealand’s environmental restoration work

I te timatanga, ko Māori te mātauranga tuatahi o Aotearoa   Te Ao Māori was the first lore of environmental caretaking in Aotearoa New Zealand.…
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Farming with Native Biodiversity website

The overarching goal of this project was to develop enduring resources and capabilities that created a step-change for native biodiversity within pastoral farm systems.  …
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Embedding indigenous principles in genomic research of culturally significant species: a conservation genomics case study

Indigenous peoples around the world are leading discusions regarding genomic research of humans, and more recently, species of cultural significance, to ensure the ethical and…
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Overview of kahikā Rangitāhua (Metrosideros kermadecensis) and rātā Moehau (M. bartlettii), taonga unique to the rohe of Ngāti Kuri

This report for the Ngāti Kuri Trust Board, Ngātaki, provides information on the botany, ecology and biology of rātā Moehau and kahikā Rangitāhua to assist…
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Evaluating the Role of Social Norms in Fostering Pro-Environmental Behaviors

Human activity is changing the biosphere in unprecedented ways, and addressing this challenge will require changes in individual and community patterns of behavior. One approach…
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Negative resistance and resilience: biotic mechanisms underpin delayed biological recovery in stream restoration

Traditionally, resistance and resilience are associated with good ecological health, often underpinning restoration goals. However, degraded ecosystems can also be highly resistant and resilient, making…
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Shouldering the burden: social-ecological scale mismatches in wetland ecosystem management in Aotearoa New Zealand

Social-ecological mismatches in scale limit the recovery of ecosystems from environmental degradation, severely impacting the diverse groups who rely on them. Identifying scale mismatches across…
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Policy Briefing

BRIEF: Moving freshwater species

Why is it so hard to move freshwater species? – Rethinking freshwater translocation processes and policy in Aotearoa New Zealand.   Translocating valued species is…
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BRIEF: Managing native biodiversity on farm

What is native biodiversity and why is it important? And how do you manage biodiversity on your farm? The Farming with Native Biodiversity project created…
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Collective approaches to ecosystem regeneration in Aotearoa New Zealand

There is a growing interest in scaling community-led ecosystem regeneration initiatives to extend, replicate, or coordinate activities across space, and expand or deepen the scope…
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Webinar

Crazy & Ambitious 4: Eco-index tech toolkit

Online presentations from Crazy & Ambitious 4: Eco-Index tech toolkit optimising biodiversity impact, with Kiri Joy Wallace, John Reid, Catherine Kirby and Corey Ruha.
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Moko Puna Kauariki

Moko Puna Kauariki – he pukapuka a whakamaanawa ana i ngaa mahi tiaki tuna a Erina Watene (Waikato, Ngaati Mahanga, Ngaati Maniapoto, Ngaai Te Rangi)…
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Crazy & Ambitious – 2017

A playlist of presentations given at New Zealand’s Biological Heritage Science Challenge inaugural conference, Crazy & Ambitious. 8-10 May 2017, Te Papa Wellington
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Natural area visitor network: Suitability of existing pathogen data and opportunities for new data collection to parameterise a natural area visitor network model.

The increased access of visitors into natural areas provides new routes for the entry of pathogens into places of high biodiversity value, and could facilitate…
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New Zealand shouldn’t ignore feral cats

A letter to BioScience: A publication in Nature (Owens 2017) attracted our attention recently. The article refers to the ambitious, arduous, and encouraging plan to…
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