Ecosystems

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Use of Sonication for Enhanced Sampling of Attached Microbes from Groundwater Systems

The vast majority of microorganisms in aquifers live as biofilms on sediment surfaces, which presents significant challenges for sampling as only the suspended microbes will…

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Diatom nutrient requirements change with lake nutrient limitation and enrichment in New Zealand dune lakes.

Nutrients are important determinants of diatom growth in lakes, and diatoms are considered reliable indicators of changing lake nutrient concentrations and eutrophication. However, diatom ecologies…

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The potential role of biotic interactions in stream restoration

Biotic interactions perform an important role in structuring freshwater communities; however, these are rarely considered during stream restoration. Degraded stream communities are often dominated by…

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Contribution of Indigenous Peoples’ understandings and relational frameworks to invasive alien species management

Introduced species that spread and become invasive are recognised as a major threat to global biological diversity, ecosystem resilience and economic stability. Eradication is often…

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Unintended consequences of planting native and non-native trees in treeless ecosystems to mitigate climate change

Naturally treeless ecosystems are being replaced by native and non-native trees worldwide, often through deliberate afforestation using forestry tree species. By introducing species having novel…

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Summary

Te Taiao Collectives Network – Wānanga Summary Reports

Te Taiao Collectives Network was established as a pilot project to understand the potential for a shared learning network to support collectives to achieve their…

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BRIEF: Motivating Urban Residents to Volunteer for Waterway Restoration

Volunteers from local communities can play an important role in restoring freshwater systems in cities. But how can local organisations attract and retain volunteers?This research…

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De-novo assembly of a reference genome for a critically threatened Aotearoa New Zealand tree species, Syzygium maire (Myrtaceae)

Aotearoa New Zealand’s swamp forests have experienced significant habitat loss in fewer than two hundred years. Many of the country’s tree species are endemic with…

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Webinar

Crazy & Ambitious 4: Restorative – Collective Action

Online presentation from Crazy & Ambitious 4: Restorative – Collective Action, with Kiely McFarlane, Cawthron Institute

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Kaurilands Summit 2021

Over 120 attendees representing community groups, iwi, research organisations, councils and government agencies came together online for the inaugural Kauriland Summit in June 2021. The…

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Kaurilands Summit 3 – 2023

A playlist of presentations given at the Kaurilands Summit 3 held by Ngā Rākau Taketake, 9 – 12 May 2023, at Semenoff Stadium, Whangārei.

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Media

Opinion: Without the right financial strategies, NZ’s climate change efforts will remain unfinished business

When it comes to climate change, money talks. Climate finance is critical for enabling a low-emissions transition. This involves investment and expenditure — public, private,…

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Past, present and two potential futures for managing New Zealand’s mammalian pests

In 2003, a review of how introduced mammals were managed as pests in New Zealand was published. Since then trends for the control of these mammals…

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Microbes in the Anthropocene: spillover of agriculturally selected bacteria and their impact on natural ecosystems

We hypothesize that intensified agriculture selects for certain taxa and genes, which then ‘spill over’ into adjacent unmodified areas and generate a halo of genetic…

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Key Māori values strengthen the mapping of forest ecosystems services

Different value-belief systems influence the importance placed upon ecosystem services (ES) and their benefits, in particular cultural ecosystem services. We mapped forest values to interview…

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Achieving win-win outcomes for pastoral farming and biodiversity conservation in New Zealand

In this article, we explore options to enhance native biodiversity conservation within New Zealand pastoral systems. We argue that there is strong synergistic interdependence between…

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Use of Sonication for Enhanced Sampling of Attached Microbes from Groundwater Systems

Diatom nutrient requirements change with lake nutrient limitation and enrichment in New Zealand dune lakes.

The potential role of biotic interactions in stream restoration

Contribution of Indigenous Peoples’ understandings and relational frameworks to invasive alien species management

Unintended consequences of planting native and non-native trees in treeless ecosystems to mitigate climate change

Te Taiao Collectives Network – Wānanga Summary Reports

BRIEF: Motivating Urban Residents to Volunteer for Waterway Restoration

De-novo assembly of a reference genome for a critically threatened Aotearoa New Zealand tree species, Syzygium maire (Myrtaceae)

Crazy & Ambitious 4: Restorative – Collective Action

Kaurilands Summit 2021

Kaurilands Summit 3 – 2023

Opinion: Without the right financial strategies, NZ’s climate change efforts will remain unfinished business

Past, present and two potential futures for managing New Zealand’s mammalian pests

Microbes in the Anthropocene: spillover of agriculturally selected bacteria and their impact on natural ecosystems

Key Māori values strengthen the mapping of forest ecosystems services

Achieving win-win outcomes for pastoral farming and biodiversity conservation in New Zealand

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