Ecosystems

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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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Climate‐change impacts exacerbate conservation threats in island systems: New Zealand as a case study

Rapid advances in eradicating invasive species from islands are improving conservation outcomes in these biodiversity hotspots. However, recent conservation gains could be reversed not only…

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Report

Realising rangatiratanga to support kaitiakitanga and kaitiaki-led monitoring and reporting systems

In August 2020, New Zealand’s Cabinet approved ‘Te Mana o te Taiao – Aotearoa New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy 2020’ as the strategic framework for biodiversity…

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BOOK: Healthy bee, sick bee: the influence of parasites, pathogens, predators and pesticides on honey bees

In this book, entomologist Phil Lester explores the wonderfully complex and sometimes brutally efficient life history of honey bees, and the problems they face in…

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An analysis of wetland loss between 2001/02 and 2015/16

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: Freshwater for our taonga

Online presentation from Crazy & Ambitious 4: Freshwater for our taonga, with Jane Kitson, Kitson Consulting, Helen Warburton, University of Canterbury, Erina Watene, BioHeritage Pou…

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Conservation and Restoration 2021

It’s a huge challenge to conserve and restore kauri and native plants vulnerable to myrtle rust for future generations. It requires Te Ao Māori world…

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Toitoi Manawa – Myrtle Ora Surveillance, Monitoring and Management Strategy

Myrtle Rust impacts on our environment but is also impacted on our native and natural eco- systems. Our strategy plan, “Toitoi Manawa” means to motivate,…

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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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Alien and native plant richness and abundance respond to different environmental drivers across multiple gravel floodplain ecosystems

Alien and native richness and cover were shaped by different variables, so managing the ecosystem (e.g. flow regime) to mitigate aliens would not necessarily promote…

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A representation of a Tuawhenua worldview guides environmental conservation

Cultural expressions related to the kererū demonstrated the cultural significance of the bird to Tuawhenua that went well beyond the ecological and intrinsic value of the species. The Tuawhenua worldview…

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The roles of non-production vegetation in agroecosystems: A research framework for filling process knowledge gaps in a social-ecological context

To fill key research gaps that will inform the use of non-production vegetation to enhance agroecosystem processes, we present a framework for future research that…

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Webinar

Introduction to Eco-index (August 2021)

Dr Kiri Joy Wallace and Konny Brown introduce the Eco-index Prgoramme as part of the Te Pūtahi Rangahau Taiao – Environmental Research Institute, University of…

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Policy Briefing

Briefing to the incoming ministers for the Environment and Conservation

This brief was created by the Adaptive Governance and Policy Group (Strategic Outcome 7), BioHeritage National Science Challenge, Ngā Koiora Tuku Iko. This Challenge aims…

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Negative resistance and resilience: biotic mechanisms underpin delayed biological recovery in stream restoration

Shouldering the burden: social-ecological scale mismatches in wetland ecosystem management in Aotearoa New Zealand

Climate‐change impacts exacerbate conservation threats in island systems: New Zealand as a case study

Realising rangatiratanga to support kaitiakitanga and kaitiaki-led monitoring and reporting systems

BOOK: Healthy bee, sick bee: the influence of parasites, pathogens, predators and pesticides on honey bees

An analysis of wetland loss between 2001/02 and 2015/16

Crazy & Ambitious 4: Freshwater for our taonga

Conservation and Restoration 2021

Toitoi Manawa – Myrtle Ora Surveillance, Monitoring and Management Strategy

Natural area visitor network: Suitability of existing pathogen data and opportunities for new data collection to parameterise a natural area visitor network model.

New Zealand shouldn’t ignore feral cats

Alien and native plant richness and abundance respond to different environmental drivers across multiple gravel floodplain ecosystems

A representation of a Tuawhenua worldview guides environmental conservation

The roles of non-production vegetation in agroecosystems: A research framework for filling process knowledge gaps in a social-ecological context

Introduction to Eco-index (August 2021)

Briefing to the incoming ministers for the Environment and Conservation

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