Protocols for the ethical safe storage of taonga seeds
At the highest level, the focus of seed banking should be on establishing a system which best benefits te taiao. To do this, Māori must…
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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,…
Video
Myrtle Rust – an alternative perspective
Using Māori narrative to explore an alternative perspective of myrtle rust. A video created by Mark Winter, The Sandman.
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Mate Tipu Mate Rākau
Mate Tipu, Mate Rākau follows Department of Conservation Ranger Graeme Atkins (Ngāti Porou, Rongomaiwahine), as he reveals the rapid devastation that the airborne fungal pathogen…
Publication
Clashing epistemologies and contrasting injustice: an Aotearoa/ New Zealand case
How, as researchers, do we recognise and address the implicit biases when engaging across multiple knowledge ecologies. In this paper, we consider the way historical…
Publication
The rise of invasive species denialism
Scientific consensus on the negative impacts of invasive alien species (IAS) is increasingly being challenged. Whereas informed scepticism of impacts is important, science denialism is…
Publication
Key biocultural values to guide restoration action and planning in New Zealand
A pluralist and cross-cultural approach that accommodates differing values while encouraging the collaboration and social cohesion necessary for the complex task of ecological restoration is…
Publication
Voicing stakeholder visions for biodiversity indicators: a framework using content analysis
Aotearoa New Zealand’s Eco-index research programme is developing a 100-year national biodiversity vision. The purpose of the vision is to establish a concrete restoration goal that…
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Promoting social and environmental justice to support Indigenous partnerships in urban ecosystem restoration
Urban ecological restoration typically employs western science approaches to restore degraded ecosystems. As yet, few restoration groups acknowledge the history of these degraded urban sites,…
Publication
He Taonga Kē Ngā Kaumātua: Kaumātua Perspectives of te Taiao, Ngahere and Taonga Species
Māori cultural beliefs, values and practices are intimately connected to te taiao, the natural environment. While te taiao is of unique cultural significance, contemporary Māori…
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Positioning Research to Improve Tree-Biosecurity Relations
Management of biosecurity threats to forests and indigenous trees needs to address the legacy of colonising practices that have prohibited diverse knowledges from being included.…
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Healing Fragmentation of Forest Biosecurity Networks: A Conceptual and Reflexive Mapping Analysis of Postcolonial Relations that Matter in Aotearoa|New Zealand and Cymru|Wales
Scientific biosecurity has become an important approach for managing the threats to Kauri trees and plant management in Aotearoa|New Zealand and Cymru|Wales, more generally. However,…
Policy Briefing
Restoring nature together: Pathways to Ecosystem Regeneration brochure
Successes, challenges, and finding better ways. Our team members have expertise in ecology, sociology, environmental politics, mātauranga and environmental restoration. Our programme originates within…
Publication
Metabarcoding monitoring analysis: the pros and cons of using co-extracted environmental DNA and RNA data to assess offshore oil production impacts on benthic communities
Sequencing environmental DNA (eDNA) is increasingly being used as an alternative to traditional morphological-based identification to characterize biological assemblages and monitor anthropogenic impacts in marine…
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Can threatened species adapt in a restored habitat? No expected evolutionary response in lay date for the New Zealand hihi.
Many bird species have been observed shifting their laying date to earlier in the year in response to climate change. However, the vast majority of…
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What does myrtle rust resilience look like for Māori?
The fungus that causes myrtle rust, Austropuccinia psidii, arrived in New Zealand in 2017. To date, it has been recorded infecting many ecologically, culturally, and…
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