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News and updates about our research, outreach and engagement
Posted on 17 July 2019
New faces on stakeholder panel
We would like to extend a warm welcome to Sharleen Gargiulo and Oliver Wade who have recently joined our Stakeholder Panel.
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Posted on 22 May 2019
Interview with Jeroen Jongejans, Dive! Tutukaka
Jeroen Jongejans represents the Aotearoa New Zealand marine tourism industry on the Sustainable Seas Stakeholder panel. We asked him his thoughts on the Challenge’s progress to date.
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Posted on 20 May 2019
Survey seeks views on Māori marine enterprises
We want to hear from people who work with, or for, marine-based Māori enterprises, particularly those involved in commercial, customary or recreational fishing.
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Posted on 16 May 2019
Deputy Director Māori appointed
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Linda Faulkner as Manahautū (Deputy Director Māori) for the Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge.
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Posted on 12 April 2019
Webinar: Valuing and managing marine and coastal ecosystem services
In this webinar, guest speaker Professor Robert Costanza from Australian National University discusses how ecosystem services science (ESS) can support the management of marine and coastal ecosystems.
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Posted on 09 April 2019
Experts join forces to improve land to sea ecosystem management
Aotearoa New Zealand’s environment is changing.
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Posted on 28 March 2019
Webinar: Using environmental DNA to measure marine biodiversity
In this webinar Dr Michael Knapp (University of Otago) presented new research on environmental DNA metabarcoding surveys.
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Posted on 25 February 2019
Monitoring for tipping points in the marine environment
Councils are welcoming new research from Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge that recommends monitoring regimes for detecting tipping points in Aotearoa New Zealand’s marine environment.
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Posted on 22 February 2019
Empowering Māori to improve ecosystem management in Aotearoa
Sustainable Seas researchers have outlined ways to enable and empower Māori to lead the sustainable management of resources in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Posted on 22 February 2019
Sustainability Award highlights importance of Māori-led research
Sustainable Seas researchers Kelly Ratana (NIWA) and Caine Taiapa (Manaaki Te Awanui) were awarded the New Zealand Coastal Society’s Sustainability Award in November 2018.
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Posted on 29 October 2018
Valuation and decision-making in NZ’s marine environment
A study from researchers in the Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge has found that processes to include people’s values in marine management and decision-making in New Zealand can be damaging for the…
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Posted on 29 October 2018
Success factors for marine conservation planning: a case study
A recently completed Sustainable Seas Challenge research project has examined the Kaituna River re-diversion as a case study for how best to involve and engage communities and Māori in marine resource management.…
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