BRIEF: Supporting native biodiversity management on farms
Farmers can play an important part in caring for and revitalising our natural environment. This pilot project bridged the gap between science and farm systems…
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BRIEF: Encouraging the Installation of Rainwater Tanks in Urban Areas
Installing rainwater tanks is seen as a desirable decision by a household to help improve freshwater management in cities and urban areas. This research identifies…
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BRIEF: Genetic Technologies and our environment – A public deliberation
How do you engage New Zealanders on important and complex issues, and encourage conversation, particularly around new technology advances to address environmental problems and the…
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Data governance and sovereignty
Wānanga 6: Data governance and sovereignty. Te Tiriti-guided national DNA reference library wānanga series Facilitators: Holden Hohaia, Ngāti Maru, Taranaki Whānui ki te Upoko…
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Crazy & Ambitious 4: Helping communities realise their biological heritage aspirations
Online presentations from Crazy & Ambitious 4: Helping communities realise their biological heritage aspirations, with Jane Kitson, Pike Stahlmann-Brown, Nathan Matamua and Lynette Rogers, Marina…
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Crazy & Ambitious 4: Kanakana ki Mataura
Online presentation from Crazy & Ambitious 4: Kanakana ki Mataura, with Riki Parata, Hannah Thorburn and Luka Whaitiri Finn, Hokonui Rūnanga Kaupapa Taiao.
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WEBPAGE: Whare Taonga | Seed Banking
A Te Tira Whakamataki webpage providing information and resources on seed banking: What is Seed Banking (video) The Hub and Spoke Model – Te Tira…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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The Differential Psychology of Environmental Protection/Exploitation
This article reviews and discusses available evidence on key individual differences associated with protection and exploitation of the natural environment. The discussion centers on personality…
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Biodiversity brought to Fonterra farms
A new project supported by Fonterra’s Living Water Partnership with the Department of Conservation will help on-farm advisors grow their understanding of biodiversity, with a…
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Restoring mature-phase forest tree species through enrichment planting in New Zealand’s lowland landscapes
To restore secondary forests, depauperate remnant forests and create new forests that have complex structure, high biomass, and natural canopy tree diversity, mature-phase canopy and…
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A joint declaration regarding a unified approach to: Principles of Environmental Data Architecture in Aotearoa NZ
On 10 August, 2021, the Biological Heritage National Science Challenge’s Eco-index programme facilitated an online workshop across various government agencies, universities, CRIs, councils and businesses…
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