Dec 12, 2022 | Featured, Ngā Ara Whetū, Politics & Society
Photo by Tomas Sobek, Unsplash Nathan Cooper Thousands of delegates have gathered in Montreal, Canada, for a once-in-a-decade chance to address the accelerating pace of species loss and the dangers of ecosystem breakdown. COP15 brings together parties to the UN...
Dec 13, 2021 | Science & Technology
By Enzo Rodriguez-Reyes Supporting local initiatives of conservation, such as, predator control programs, reforestation in regional parks, planting native trees in your backyard and keeping your cat indoors can make a huge difference for our native birds. Hiking or...
Sep 23, 2021 | Science & Technology
In this seminar hosted by the University of Auckland Faculty of Science, experts across several disciplines share their knowledge of how we can help sustain Aotearoa’s wildlife into the future. They share their experience in applying Te Tiriti o Waitangi...
Aug 11, 2021 | Science & Technology
By Sarah Lamar, Diane Karen Ormsby, Jennifer Moore, Nicola Jane Nelson & Susan N. Keall Tuatara are ancient, slow and endangered. But their super speedy sperm could boost conservation efforts. New Zealand’s endemic tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) are the sole...
May 18, 2021 | Science & Technology
Biodiversity loss and climate change are paramount global existential threats. A conservation scientist must wield a scientific Swiss army knife to successfully undertake research in these topics that informs policy. James Russell has been researching conservation and...
Dec 1, 2020 | Science & Technology
Statistics is all about making sense of data. The ecological sciences are a statistician’s paradise, continually generating new types of data that need to be made sense of, due to a surge in innovative technologies for studying the populations and behaviour of wild...
Jul 30, 2020 | Science & Technology
By Brendon Dunphy Currently, 90% of our seabirds are threatened with extinction. It is a colossal loss and a colossally sad number. Aotearoa/New Zealand is the seabird capital of the world. From inspiring ocean wanderers such as the royal albatross (who may not touch...
Feb 19, 2020 | Science & Technology
By Darren Evans The impacts of climate change – in particular, the consequences of the increasing frequency of extreme weather events on all life should be abundantly clear. The sheer scale and intensity of the Australian bushfire crisis have led to apocalyptic scenes...
Sep 19, 2019 | Science & Technology
They are known to get drunk on berries, fall out of trees, and hang around humans, but Kererū have become something of a New Zealand icon. They are also the only bird left in New Zealand that can distribute large seeds, and their disappearance would be a disaster for...
Jun 5, 2019 | Science & Technology
Why are the numbers of insects in fast decline? What does it mean for our food supply and our long term survival? Scientists say climate change is not the only reason. Maria Armoudian speaks with Andrew Dopheide about the current plight of our insect population....