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THESIS: Treatment of environmental considerations within New Zealand’s biosecurity framework

Environmental considerations should be given equitable weight within the decision-making processes of New Zealand’s biosecurity framework. This is especially important in a time when environmental…

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BRIEF: Encouraging Citizen Reporting of Pollution in Urban Waterways

Citizen reporting of pollution in stormwater drains and waterways can contribute to better urban freshwater management. But what influences behaviour, and if there are some…

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BRIEF: TrapSim Plus

Supporting informed decision-making in community predator control planning Predator control groups face the challenge of having to choose which control methods and efforts to use,…

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Cross-project fertilisation of best practice

Wānanga 5: Cross-project fertilisation of best practice Te Tiriti-guided national DNA reference library wānanga series Facilitators: Nick Jones (Ngāti Kahungunu ki te Wairoa, Pākehā)…

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Crazy & Ambitious 4: Eco-index helps merino farms

Online presentation from Crazy & Ambitious 4: How partnership with Eco-index helps merino farms develop biodiversity targets, with Monica Schwass, New Zealand Merino Company.

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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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What is Seed Banking

A video created by Rhiannon James Graphic Recording for NRT’s Oranga Theme and can also be found on the Te Tira Whakamātaki website here: https://www.ttw.nz/whare-taonga

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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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One World, Two Worldviews

A poster illustrating Western science and Te ao Māori working together to advance understandings of myrtle rust. Also see: Research | RA1-1 — Mobilising For…

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Te Tukumate – The Pathogen

Te Taiao Whakatairanga, a cross-disciplinary research project bringing together arts, science and te ao Māori to raise awareness of threats to the health of our…

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Living with Kauri Dieback – booklet

A visual summary of findings from a qualitative research study with bush users in Titirangi, exploring culture, values, attitudes and behaviour, plus their experience of…

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THESIS: Kauri Dieback Prevention: Relational Values of Knowledge Producers

Researchers and knowledge producers play a key role in kauri dieback knowledge production. Whilst their scientific discoveries are well documented in literature, their personal experiences…

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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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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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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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THESIS: Treatment of environmental considerations within New Zealand’s biosecurity framework

BRIEF: Encouraging Citizen Reporting of Pollution in Urban Waterways

BRIEF: TrapSim Plus

Cross-project fertilisation of best practice

Crazy & Ambitious 4: Eco-index helps merino farms

Crazy & Ambitious 4: Freshwater for our taonga

What is Seed Banking

Kaurilands Summit 2021

Kaurilands Summit 3 – 2023

One World, Two Worldviews

Te Tukumate – The Pathogen

Living with Kauri Dieback – booklet

THESIS: Kauri Dieback Prevention: Relational Values of Knowledge Producers

New Zealand shouldn’t ignore feral cats

Predicting and Assessing Progress in the Restoration of Ecosystems

Protected, Restored, Connected

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