DOC Biodiversity Strategy – Expert Reaction
The Department of Conservation (DOC) has developed a new biodiversity strategy which sets out how it hopes to protect and grow our native ecosystems over the next 50 years. The new strategy will...
View ArticleOceans threatened on multiple fronts – Expert Reaction
Our oceans and coasts are feeling the pressure on all fronts as the cumulative effects of climate change, biodiversity loss, and human activities take their toll, according to a report from the...
View ArticlePredator Free 2050 strategy – Expert Reaction
The Department of Conservation has released a strategy to reach Predator Free 2050, along with an action plan through to 2025. The predator-free goal focuses on three groups of mammals: possums, three...
View ArticleWild animals may adapt faster than thought, but bad news for hihi – Expert...
Wild animals may be better at adapting to new conditions than scientists previously thought – but there’s an exception for New Zealand’s hihi/stitchbird. A research team including Aotearoa scientists...
View ArticleNZ tops world for island pest eradication – Expert Reaction
NZ is responsible for nearly a quarter of the world’s island pest eradications. However, the pace of eradications has slowed, newly compiled data shows. The research team looked at over 100 years of...
View ArticleMeasures to protect native biodiversity – Expert Reaction & SMC Briefing
From tomorrow, populations of indigenous species in Aotearoa must not drop below current levels, and habitats deemed significant must be protected. The National Policy Statement for Indigenous...
View ArticleSport hunting deer doesn’t help restore forest regeneration – Expert Reaction
Six decades of commercial harvesting, government-funded culling and unrestricted sport hunting have not reduced deer numbers to low enough levels to reduce browsing on seedlings and allow forest...
View ArticleGovt signals pause on Significant Natural Areas – Expert Reaction
The government is signalling councils don’t need to comply with their legal obligations around Significant Natural Areas, i.e., mapping out areas with threatened native plants or wildlife for...
View ArticleThe climate-saving potential of our vanishing wetlands – Expert Q&A
They’ve been called a “secret weapon” in the fight against climate change. So what exactly do New Zealand’s wetlands offer, especially when it comes to absorbing carbon? Aotearoa has lost around 90...
View ArticleHow fast-track consenting might impact the environment and politics – Expert...
Submissions on the Fast-track Approvals Bill close at the end of Friday. The law would allow major infrastructure projects to bypass lengthy resource consenting processes – being assessed instead by an...
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