Empowering Communities

How do we best enable local communities to protect their whenua?

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Protecting and Restoring Freshwater Biodiversity Across Urban Areas in Aotearoa New Zealand – Encouraging the Installation of Rainwater Tanks in Urban Areas

A research brief for communications professionals and campaign managers Published by New Zealand’s Biological Heritage National Science Challenge | Ngā Koiora Tuku Iho.
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BRIEF: Providing new information to guide Ecosystem Reconstruction

The Eco-index initiative provides a digital toolkit to help decision-makers across many sectors to level-up their biodiversity planning & ecosystem reconstruction efforts.
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Restoring Urban Freshwater Diversity Survey Data

Two surveys were conducted with the joint aim of demonstrating the benefits of applying a systematic behaviour change framework and providing foundational knowledge to inform…
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Webinar

End use cases of reference databases

Wananga 1: End use cases of reference databases Te Tiriti-guided national DNA reference library wānanga series   Facilitators: Dr Susie Wood (Cawthron) & Dr Shaun…
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Collective approaches to regeneration

A two-page summary of the report of the same name found HERE. More and more people are wanting to increase the impact of their environmental restoration…
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Crazy & Ambitious 4: A values-based biosecurity risk assessment framework

Online presentation from Crazy & Ambitious 4: A values-based biosecurity risk assessment framework, with John Kean, AgResearch.
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Publication

Te W’are o Ngā Manu Kōrero

Te W’are o Ngā Manu Kōrero – ‘e pukapuka tēnei e kōrero and mō ngā kaupapa tiaki mounga o Taranaki Mounga Project. Kua tu’ia ngā…
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Webinar

Decolonising Kew

A presentation given by Aroha Mead as part of the Kew Gardens Webinar Series.
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Video

Oranga Programme – Values Based Measurement (Kauri and Tohorā Metaphors)

The Oranga Theme is a multi-year research programme comprising of five projects with the primary purpose of promoting kauri and myrtle ora, while highlighting Māori-led…
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Webinar

Crazy & Ambitious 4 – 2024

A playlist of presentations given at New Zealand’s Biological Heritage Science Challenge conference, Crazy & Ambitious 3. 24 – 27 May 2022, at Te Papa,…
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Report

Mai i te pū ki te wānanga

Used as both a noun and a verb , the term wānanga can be applied across many contexts. As a noun, wānanga is used to…
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BRIEF: Toi Taiao Whakatairanga

Toi Taiao Whakatairanga was a research project looking at how public arts practice can cultivate and grow public awareness of, and positive engagement with, kauri…
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Living with Kauri Dieback – poster

As shared at the Kaurilands Summit, Whangārei, May 2023.   A poster (to accompany the booklet of the same name) which has been designed to…
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Webinar

Guiding indicators for co-producing knowledge through enduring partnerships

Presentation by Dr Alison Greenaway, Dr Nick Park (Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research), and Dr Andrea Grant (Scion), at the Western Australian Biodiversity Science Institute, 10…
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Publication

Landholder participation in regional-scale control of invasive predators: an adaptable landscape model

We developed a spatially explicit model to estimate the effects of varying levels of landholder participation in landscape-scale programs to control invasive predators. We demonstrate…
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Reversing the decline in NZ’s biodiversity: empowering Māori within reformed conservation law.

Creating new conservation law that more holistically and comprehensively supports hapū and iwi leadership in conservation management should be embraced as a critical step towards…
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