Governance & Policy

Webinar

Crazy & Ambitious 4: Social-ecological relationships driving ecosystem regeneration

Online presentation from Crazy & Ambitious 4: Social-ecological relationships driving ecosystem regeneration, with Danielle Shanahan, Zealandia and Joanne Clapcott, Cawthron Institute.

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Report

Te Honongā Kawanatanga Māori – Final Report

This project has been designed to assist DOC to better understand their challenges and priorities when partnering with Māori, identifying material and resources likely to…

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Media

Future Visions For Te Taiao’ film competition explores ideas on environmental protection

A short film competition is inviting people to look at innovative ways for better environmental outcomes through a Treaty lens. Te Aorewa Rolleston spoke to…

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Publication

Indigenous peoples: Conservation paradox

The customs and culture of indigenous peoples often reflect a deep knowledge of local biodiversity that leads to ecologically responsible behavior. As a result, conservationists…

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Webinar

When the Crown controls mātauranga

June 2023 It’s been 11 years since the release of Ko Aotearoa Tēnei – a Waitangi Tribunal report into the Wai 262 claim concerning…

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Webinar

Finance for our future: Biodiversity Instruments Launch

Deputy Vice Chancellor Māori at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, Rāwinia Higgins ,opens the speaking at the Biodiversity Instruments Launch in Wellington.…

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Report

SO7 scoping panel report

This report was put together by the Strategic Outcome 7 group, focused on building biological heritage resilience with the right policy and governance instruments. Scoping…

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Publication

Co-Governance and the Case for Shared Decision Making

This article explores some of the key features of co-governance, or shared decision making, between Māori and the Crown. Co-governance models create the conditions for…

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Publication

Shouldering the burden: social-ecological scale mismatches in wetland ecosystem management in Aotearoa New Zealand

Social-ecological mismatches in scale limit the recovery of ecosystems from environmental degradation, severely impacting the diverse groups who rely on them. Identifying scale mismatches across…

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Summary

BRIEF: Pathways to Ecosystem Regeneration

New Zealander’s care greatly about nature, and each year communities and likeminded individuals show the power of collective efforts: In some suburbs, as many as…

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Report

Shared Authority and Responsibility of Our Environments: Why it makes sense to protect our special places together

This briefing explores positive examples of shared authority or co-governance of the environment and the benefits that come from iwi and hapū knowledge and leadership.…

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Report

Te Honongā Kawanatanga Māori – Rotorua

This project has been designed to assist DOC to better understand their challenges and priorities when partnering with Māori, identifying material and resources likely to…

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Video

Crazy & Ambitious 2 – 2019

A playlist of presentations given at New Zealand’s Biological Heritage Science Challenge conference, Crazy & Ambitious 2. 20 – 21 May 2019, Te Papa Wellington.

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