Governance & Policy

How do we change our political system to best protect our biological heritage?

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Crazy & Ambitious 4: What is a good decision in biosecurity?

Online quick-fire presentation from Crazy & Ambitious 4: ‘What is a good decision in biosecurity?’, with Melanie Newfield.
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Te Honongā Kawanatanga Māori – Palmerston North

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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Te Māra Tautāne

Te Māra Tautāne is a collaborative research project between hapū members of Te Māhurehure in the Rūātoki Valley, and researchers at the Centre for Indigenous…
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Striving for recognition of Te Tiriti o Waitangi motivates Dr Carwyn Jones

Dr Carwyn Jones’ vision is to see Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the law given equal mana. Carwyn who holds a PhD in law and…
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Biodiversity Instruments Briefing Note

The BioHeritage Challenge and the Adaptive Governance & Policy team (S07) commissioned the Climate Innovation Lab to identify the potential for innovative finance and funding…
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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 Eco-index research programme: Aotearoa New Zealand’s answer for effective investment in biodiversity restoration

Catherine Kirby is the Communication & Relationships Manager for the Eco-index research programme as well as Programme Manager for the People, Cities & Nature research programme, part of…
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Policy Briefing

Diversity of backgrounds and world views are crucial for effective conservation outcomes

The Options Development Group convened by the Department of Conservation has proposed a set of recommendations that, if enacted, are predicted to improve biodiversity outcomes…
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A Tika Transition to a Flourishing Aotearoa: Guidance to inform a ‘tika’ transition

This policy and decision-making guidance is based on: Bargh, M., 2019. ‘A Tika Transition’. In D., Hall (ed.), A Careful Revolution. Wellington. Bridget Williams Books,…
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THESIS: Treatment of environmental considerations within New Zealand’s biosecurity framework

Environmental considerations should be given equitable weight within the decision-making processes of New Zealand’s biosecurity framework. This is especially important in a time when environmental…
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A case study of Puniu River Care: He Oranga Wai, He Oranga Whakapapa

After generations of harmful exploitative environmental practices that have resulted from large scale land confiscations by the Crown (Baker, 2013; Waitangi Tribunal, 2011), the health…
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Crazy & Ambitious 4: The Story of Me Tū ā-Uru

Online presentation from Crazy & Ambitious 4: The story of Me Tū ā-Uru – Together for a flourishing Aotearoa, with Maria Bargh, Victoria University of…
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Crazy & Ambitious – 2017

A playlist of presentations given at New Zealand’s Biological Heritage Science Challenge inaugural conference, Crazy & Ambitious. 8-10 May 2017, Te Papa Wellington
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How to talk about co-governance of our bioheritage.

A short guide for communicators and advocates of environmental management and policy. To protect our biological heritage together, requires decision makers to understand and recognise…
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How do we restore New Zealand’s biological heritage by 2050?

If we are to make meaningful and measurable progress in restoring New Zealand’s biological heritage by 2050, a range of fundamental issues need to be…
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Poutū-te-rangi 2023 Whāki webinar – Eco-index

An open kōrerorero facilitated by Maui Hudson with Catherine Kirby and Corey Ruha from the Eco-index team. Catherine gives background on the projects mahi for…
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