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Effects of organic farming, fencing and vegetation origin on spiders and beetles within shelterbelts on dairy farms
Spiders and beetles provide important ecosystem services in agriculture; however, optimum strategies to promote their density and diversity on dairy farms have received little attention. This study aimed to quantify the ... -
Enhancing our heritage: Conservation for 21st Century New Zealanders: Ways forward from the Tahi group of concerned scientists
New Zealanders are constantly reminded of their degraded environment and the threatened status of their unique plants, animals and ecosystems. Instead of presenting these as symptoms of unsustainable living and the ... -
Estimates of adult survival rate for three colonies of Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) in New Zealand
The Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus), also known in New Zealand as tītī or muttonbird, is an abundant, long-lived, trans-equatorial migrant that breeds in colonies in the southern hemisphere during the austral summer ... -
Estimates of productivity and detection probabilities of breeding attempts in the sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus), a burrow-nesting petrel
Monitoring of breeding success in burrow-nesting seabirds is problematic, owing to the difficulties of detecting occupants in complex burrow systems. We summarise 6 years of monitoring the breeding success of sooty shearwater ... -
Estimating and Correcting for Bias in Population Assessments of Sooty Shearwaters
We investigated the precision and accuracy of an infrared burrowscope for detecting sooty shearwater (Pufffinus griseus) chicks at 13 plots from 3 islands in southern New Zealand in 2003. We partially excavated burrows ... -
Estimating regional population size and annual harvest intensity of the sooty shearwater in New Zealand
Recent comprehensive survey data from multiple New Zealand offshore islands were combined with demographic population models to produce the first formal estimate of the total population of sooty shearwaters within New ... -
Exploring stability and change in transport systems: combining Delphi and system dynamics approaches
Transport is a vast and complex socio-technical system, and despite a clear need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels due to undesirable environmental impacts, it is largely locked into business-as-usual. Systems approaches ... -
Forensic potential of oyster shells: Geochemistry and morphology of Ostrea chilensis shells from New Zealand
Control of Bonamia exitiosus epidemics, which pose a continuing threat to Ostrea chilensis (dredge oyster) populations in Foveaux Strait, New Zealand, is limited to restrictions on areas or times O. chilensis can be harvested ... -
Guidelines for cross‐cultural Participatory Action Research partnerships: A case study of a customary seabird harvest in New Zealand
Adaptive co‐management and Participatory Action Research (PAR) promotes social ecological resilience by simultaneously protecting wildlife and its habitat and promoting capacity and motivation for sustainable harvest ... -
Hypoxia : dynamics, causes and biological impacts in the Kaikorai Estuary, Dunedin
Dissolved oxygen concentrations have fluctuated naturally over geological history. In recent years, a decrease in estuarine oxygen levels has been directly related to the process of anthropogenic eutrophication. The condition ... -
Implementation of a marine protected area in Chile: consequences of neglecting local socio-cultural factors
Through ethnographic enquiry and an anthropological approach this thesis provides insights into the socio-cultural dynamics surrounding local communities’ participation in a Multiple-Use Marine Protected Area (MUMPA). Using ... -
Indicators for co-management of production landscape: Joining science, traditional and local knowledge, policy expertise, and consumers for sustainability
Achievement of sustainability requires a “social contract” – a collective agreement to not reduce the opportunities and well-being of current and future generations. People will collaborate if they feel respected, have ... -
Intention and Implementation: Piecing Together Provisions for Māori in the Resource Management Act 1991
Today, it is widely recognised that indigenous people have a valuable contribution to make to the development and practice of resource management. New Zealand legislation recognises in part the importance of Māori participation ... -
Key biocultural values to guide restoration action and planning in New Zealand
A pluralist and cross-cultural approach that accommodates differing values while encouraging the collaboration and social cohesion necessary for the complex task of ecological restoration is needed. We used qualitative and ... -
Knowing by doing: learning for sustainable muttonbird harvesting
In a fast‐changing world, successful communication of traditional cultural principles and practices of guardianship and stewardship across generations is more important than ever before. This study investigates knowledge ... -
Learning for Survival, Resilience, Well-being and Continuance: An Epistemology and Pedagogy for Environmental Education/Education for Sustainability informed by Māori Culture
The literature suggests that philosophies, worldviews and approaches of indigenous cultures may be key to an urgent shift in paradigm towards holistic ethics, attitudes, values and behaviours essential for an ecologically ... -
Listening to the Kaitiaki: consequences of the loss of abundance and biodiversity of coastal ecosystems in Aotearoa New Zealand
Interviews with 22 kaitiaki (environmental guardians) from 14 tribes spread throughout the North Island of New Zealand revealed a common concern that the abundance and diversity of sea foods have declined along much of the ... -
Local people see and care most? Severe depletion of inshore fisheries and its consequences for Māori communities in New Zealand
Overfishing has the potential to adversely affect the ecological stability, economic value, social and spiritual integrity of a given area. Of these contexts, relatively little emphasis in literature is placed on the social ... -
Looking after your ground: resource management practice by Rakiura Maori Titi harvesters
The annual harvest of Titi, Puifinus griseus, on islands adjacent to Rakiura (Stewart Island) by Rakiura Maori is one of the last large-scale customary uses of native wildlife in New Zealand. This study investigates whether ... -
Looking Back for the Future: Local Knowledge and Paleoecology Inform Biocultural Restoration of Coastal Ecosystems in New Zealand
We combine local knowledge of elders and environmental practitioners from two indigenous Māori communities and pollen evidence in soil cores from two islands and two mainland coastal sites to inform the planning of coastal ...