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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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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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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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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How to talk about co-governance of our bioheritage
November 2021 The Adaptive Governance & Policy team aims to ‘break the mould’ and build new systems, policies and capability that will provide much…
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The Naturalisation of Finance: Biodiversity Instruments Launch, Wellington
Co-Author of Concept Paper ‘Biodiversity Instruments’ David Hall speaks at the launch in Wellington.
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Understanding divergent perspectives on introduced trout in Aotearoa: a relational values approach
To make coherent and just choices about introduced species management in postcolonial contexts such as Aotearoa, a nuanced understanding of human relationships to introduced species…
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‘Pūrākau o te Ngahere’: Indigenous Māori Interpretations, Expressions and Connection to Taonga Species and Biosecurity Issues
The utility of mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledges) in Aotearoa|New Zealand Forest conservation is not particularly visible in research and policy. Indeed, current forest biosecurity processes…
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Pro-Environmental Behaviour in Relation to Kauri Dieback: When Place Attachment Is Not Enough
The iconic kauri tree of Aotearoa New Zealand is under increasing threat due to the plant disease kauri dieback, with human activity believed to be…
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Elevating and Recognising Knowledge of Indigenous Peoples to Improve Forest Biosecurity
Current forest biosecurity systems and processes employed in many countries are, in large, constructs of Western principles, values and science knowledge that have been introduced…
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Effective Biodiversity Conservation Requires Dynamic, Pluralistic, Partnership-Based Approaches
Biodiversity loss undermines the long-term maintenance of ecosystem functions and the well-being of human populations. Global-scale policy initiatives, including the Convention on Biological Diversity, have…
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Designing Community Surveys for Behaviour Change Research: A Practical Guide
An impressive set of technologies and recommended management best practices have been developed for landscape management. All these proposed solutions will fail unless the public…
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Incursion response in New Zealand
Ecologists, land managers and policymakers continue to search for the most effective ways to manage biological invasions. An emerging lesson is that proactive management can…
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