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…
Governance & Policy
How do we change our political system to best protect our biological heritage?
Webinar
Media
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…
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…
Report
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,…
Publication
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…
Report
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…
Webinar
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
Report
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…
Publication
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…
Webinar
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…
Webinar
Changing Governance Systems: Biodiversity Instruments
Melanie Mark Shadbolt, Kaihautū Ngātahi for the Bioheritage National Science Challenge discusses the importance of changing governance and funding systems at the launch in Wellington.
Publication
Indigenous Resource Management Plans: Transporting Non-Indigenous People into the Indigenous World
The paper explores the degree to which Indigenous groups perceive that resource management plans they develop are able to help deliver outcomes they seek through…
Publication
Using long-term experimental restoration of agroecosystems in Aotearoa New Zealand to improve implementation of Nature-based Solutions for climate change mitigation
Tree planting has long played a major role in the New Zealand Government’s approach to climate mitigation and is increasingly understood as important for climate…
Report
Collective approaches to ecosystem regeneration in Aotearoa New Zealand
There is a growing interest in scaling community-led ecosystem regeneration initiatives to extend, replicate, or coordinate activities across space, and expand or deepen the scope…
Summary
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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