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Native Biodiversity of Aotearoa NZ
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchThe talented Georgia Wells created an illustration of native biodiversity in Aotearoa New Zealand that you can use and share! CC BY-NC-ND.Created 27 April 2025 • Updated 27 April 2025 -
Restoring Urban Freshwater Diversity Survey data (SO2)
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchTwo surveys were conducted with the joint aim of demonstrating the benefits of applying a systematic behaviour change framework and providing foundational knowledge to inform behaviour change work to protect and restore urban freshwater biodiversity. This data is analysed in three associated papers... Survey one: Understanding & Prioritising Key...Created 27 April 2025 • Updated 27 April 2025 -
NZ's Biological Heritage NSC Highlights
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchHighlights reports from New Zealand's Biological Heritage National Science ChallengeCreated 29 July 2021 • Updated 27 April 2025 -
Aligned Funding 2017-18
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchSummary visualisations from research aligned to the Biological Heritage NSC by Challenge parties - 2017/18. See also 2015/16 and 2016/17.Created 29 July 2021 • Updated 27 April 2025 -
Invertebrate community data across five stressor gradients
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchInvertebrate community data (taxon abundances) for sites across five stressor gradients in New Zealand: drying, flooding, eutrophication, sediment and acid mine drainage. Descriptive physical variables are included for each gradient. Data associated with paper : Barrett, Isabelle C., McIntosh, Angus R., Febria, Catherine M., Graham, S. Elizabeth, Burdon,...Created 27 April 2025 • Updated 27 April 2025 -
Biotic interactions in stream restoration
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchData associated with the paper The potential role of biotic interactions in stream restoration. Bridget E. White Angus R. McIntosh Catherine M. Febria Helen J. Warburton. Restoration Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13396 [BioHeritage P3.4]Created 29 July 2021 • Updated 27 April 2025 -
Whakawātea Riha Rāwaho
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchTranche1: Project 2.4 Māori solutions to biosecurity threats may be the key to combating the serious fungal disease myrtle rust. This BioHeritage Challenge project, led by Alby Marsh of Plant & Food Research, focused on upskilling young and emerging Māori scientists in the pathology and potential impacts of the disease, myrtle rust, in order to...Created 27 April 2025 • Updated 27 April 2025 -
Ngā Rākau Taketake - General
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchIn 2018 and 2019 the Government announced an extra $34.5 million funding for research into kauri dieback ($29.5m) and myrtle rust ($5m). They chose the BioHeritage National Science Challenge to administer this extra support because of our collaborative and inclusive approach to achieving research outcomes and impact. The programme name Ngā Rākau Taketake...Created 27 April 2025 • Updated 27 April 2025 -
The Groundwater Biodiversity Project
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchTranche 1: Project 1.5 The unsung heroes of our groundwater system – bacteria that remove contaminants and tiny invertebrates that keep the bacteria in balance – are helping researchers assess the health of freshwater ecosystems Led by NIWA’s Dr Graham Fenwick and ESR’s Dr Louise Weaver, this ground-breaking research project sampled biofilm bacteria and...Created 27 April 2025 • Updated 27 April 2025 -
Principles of Environmental Data Architecture
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchA joint declaration regarding a unified approach to Principles of Environmental Data Architecture in Aotearoa NZ.Created 27 April 2025 • Updated 27 April 2025 -
Caring for Our Special Places and Relationships: Guidance on relational...
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchFor policy and decision makers working in the environmental governance space. This guidance presents a briefing on the research undertaken by Tapsell (2022) which explored the dual issue of care (for each other and for the environment) that needs to be addressed in environmental governance and policy systems. The guidance explains the background and...Created 27 April 2025 • Updated 27 April 2025 -
Myrtle Rust Science Stocktake
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchA list of past and current research focused on biology, impacts and management of myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii). Builds on work previously undertaken by the BioHeritage Challenge and MPI. Collated with assistance from DOC and MPI. This is a living document and we need your help to find those additional publications, research projects or programmes...Created 29 July 2021 • Updated 27 April 2025 -
Supporting a Predator Free 2050
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchTranche 2: Strategic Objective 5 - Novel Tools & Strategies - Supporting a Predator Free 2050 Novel tools, technologies and strategies need to be deployed to eradicate biotic threats. There are so many different pest control options available, it can be hard to choose the right one(s) for each landscape and community. But if you use the wrong method,...Created 27 April 2025 • Updated 27 April 2025 -
He Mātai i te Taiao
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchTranche 2: Strategic Objective 2 He Mātai i te Taiao - The perpetual examination of the environment Aotearoa New Zealand is missing the voice of Māori and an adherence to Te Tiriti o Waitangi in it’s biodiversity monitoring efforts. That is, data that has been collected using Te Ao Māori frameworks, created within Māori worldviews, kaupapa Māori methods,...Created 27 April 2025 • Updated 27 April 2025 -
Novel Tools & Strategies - Invertebrates
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchTranche 2: Strategic Objective 5 - Novel Tools & Strategies - Invertebrates Novel tools, technologies and strategies need to be deployed to eradicate biotic threats. Many of our current pest control strategies have unintended and detrimental effects on the surrounding environment. For example, heavy reliance on pesticides can result in non-target kill...Created 27 April 2025 • Updated 27 April 2025 -
Freshwater for our Taonga
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchTranche 2: Whakahou Te Tiriti-led research looking at how we can enable our freshwater taonga to thrive. The quality of our freshwater continues to decline around the country. While many research programmes look at how to reverse this trend using attributes of the waterway (riparian planting, stream contour etc.), few are investigating the role of living...Created 27 April 2025 • Updated 27 April 2025 -
He Tangata, He Taiao, He Ōhanga
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchTranche 2: Strategic Objective 3 A values-based biosecurity risk assessment framework for Aotearoa. Aotearoa is home to incredibly valuable production and indigenous landscapes. To protect them we must anticipate, and have the tools to prevent, future biosecurity threats. Those involved in our biosecurity system need to be able to identify and prioritise...Created 27 April 2025 • Updated 27 April 2025 -
Science Excellence and Impact
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchTranche 1 Pou: Science Excellence and Impact Understanding the benefits, challenges and impact of BioHeritage’s approach to mission-led research BioHeritage made an early commitment to co-design research with our Treaty and industry partners, endusers and communities, to maximise the impact and uptake of research outcomes. Co-design is challenging to...Created 27 April 2025 • Updated 27 April 2025 -
Biosecurity Network Interventions
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchTranche 1: Project 2.1 The spread of pests, weeds and pathogens into Aotearoa is a major cause of the decline of its biological heritage. This includes profitability of agriculture, access to export markets and the population viability of native and taonga (treasured) species. To develop and implement modelling tools for nursery trade, livestock movement...Created 27 April 2025 • Updated 27 April 2025 -
Empowering Kaitiakitanga and Environmental Stewardship
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare ResearchTranche 2: Strategic Objective 2 We’re striving to empower New Zealanders to demand and enact environmental stewardship and kaitiakitanga (guardianship). Empowering New Zealanders to demand and enact environmental stewardship and kaitiakitanga requires understanding the underlying values and drivers that lead some people to actively protect our biological...Created 27 April 2025 • Updated 27 April 2025