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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Kauri Rescue Story Map
The Kauri Rescue Story Map is an interactive experience that tells the story of how scientists have worked with mana whenua and communities in Kauri…
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Indigenous Knowledge Revitalisation: Indigenous Māori Gardening and its Wider Implications for the People of Tūhoe
The revitalisation of Indigenous knowledges is vital to the emancipation of Indigenous peoples worldwide, as well as an increasingly essential component of environmental sustainability. The…
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Methodological sensitivities for co-producing knowledge through enduring trustful partnerships
Indigenous ways of caring for the environment have long been marginalised through research methodologies that are blind to a range of ways of knowing the…
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What We Do in Kauri Forests: Exploring the Affective Worlds of ‘High Risk’ Users of Vulnerable Forest Areas in Aotearoa | New Zealand
Public use and anthropogenic activity are recognised sources of damage and threat to vulnerable forest areas in New Zealand, but also globally, through the spread…
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Farming with Native Biodiversity – Summary Document
Our goal is to develop training and resources that will equip farm advisors and farmers with the skills and confidence needed to implement their own…
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Values and human interrelationships with nature
People in Nature (PiN) aims to improve our understanding of the interrelationships between people and nature, focussing on the material use of nature by people…
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Te Whakahononga Pou – Waitangi Wood
Presented by Te Whakahononga co-lead Waitangi Wood as part of the Kaurilands Summit 2023, hosted by Ngā Rākau Taketake. Find out more about Te…
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Aspect has a greater impact on alpine soil bacterial community structure than elevation.
Gradients in environmental conditions, including climate factors and resource availability, occur along mountain inclines, providing a ‘natural laboratory’ to explore their combined impacts on microbial…
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Modeling Dynamic Human Behavioral Changes in Animal Disease Models: Challenges and Opportunities for Addressing Bias
Over the past several decades, infectious disease modeling has become an essential tool for creating counterfactual scenarios that allow the effectiveness of different disease control…
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Empowering the Indigenous voice in a graphical representation of Aotearoa’s biocultural heritage (flora and fauna)
Aotearoa’s (New Zealand’s) biological heritage is in decline due to threats such as climate change and habitat destruction. Aotearoa’s biological heritage and the wider environment…
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Seed Banking our Indigenous Species: What do we know?
A presentation given as part of the Te Mana Motuhake o te Kākano: Māori Seed Conservation Hui held online, 16 October 2023. In this presentation,…
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Saving our Myrtles
“Saving Our Myrtles”, produced by Fiona Apanui-Kupenga and directed by Kaea Hills, on release in March 2024, is a hopeful documentary follow-up to “Mate Tipu,…
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Polygenic basis for adaptive morphological variation in a threatened Aotearoa New Zealand bird, the hihi (Notiomystis cincta)
To predict if a threatened species can adapt to changing selective pressures, it is crucial to understand the genetic basis of adaptive traits, especially in…
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Genomic data of different resolutions reveal consistent inbreeding estimates but contrasting homozygosity landscapes for the threatened Aotearoa New Zealand hihi
Inbreeding can lead to a loss of heterozygosity in a population and when combined with genetic drift may reduce the adaptive potential of a species.…
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