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Ripples of hope have risen from the work of marine researchers, kaitiaki, and community members who’ve pooled their knowledge for the good of the ocean.
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Ngā Tohu
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Reclaiming and preserving traditional knowledge of maramataka to inform transformative practice in marine monitoring and management.
ViewTeaching environmental sustainability through an ecosystem-based management lens
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The kaupapa and philosophy behind developing courses which teach environmental sustainability through an ecosystem-based management lens (Ma…
ViewCalculating ecological response footprints
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This guidance uses stressors and seabed ecosystem characteristics to determine the relationship between stressor and ecological response foo…
ViewBringing it all together for a healthy ocean and prosperous blue economy
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The knowledge, guidance, and tools needed to reverse degradation trends and realise a healthy ocean (May 2024)
ViewTesting the adoption of decision support tools with end-users
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Guidance on decision support tools for ecosystem-based management (April 2024)
ViewAssessing present health
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Guidance on assessing the present ecological health of the area (May 2024)
ViewRoadmaps to ecosystem-based management
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A series of documents to address questions around enabling ecosystem-based management (May 2024)
ViewEmpowering Māori knowledge in marine decision-making
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Recommendations to achieve the benefits of marine decision-making that is informed by mātauranga Māori (May 2024)
ViewAddressing risk and uncertainty in decision-making
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Recommendations for better risk assessment methods (May 2024)
ViewDeveloping pathways to a flourishing blue economy
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Recommendations for building pathways towards a blue economy (May 2024)
ViewMarine governance – sustaining ocean outcomes for future generations
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Recommendations for effective and appropriate marine governance (May 2024)
ViewRestoring marine ecosystems through better management and financing
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Recommendations to foster a restorative blue economy (May 2024)
ViewEnabling ecosystem-based management in Aotearoa New Zealand’s marine law and policy
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Recommendations to ensure healthy outcomes for Aotearoa New Zealand’s ocean and people (May 2024)
ViewAddressing cumulative effects in marine management decisions
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Recommendations for addressing cumulative effects (May 2024)
ViewEnabling effective marine spatial planning for ecological and economic wellbeing
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Recommendations for marine spatial planning in Aotearoa New Zealand (May 2024)
ViewEnabling a broad knowledge base for marine management decisions
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Recommendations for marine management decisions and advice to be supported by different types of knowledge (May 2024)
ViewConsidering scale and EBM in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Graphic depicting how successful practice for EBM requires a clear understanding of scale by decision-makers (2024)
ViewHealthy coastal ecosystems
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This infographic provides overview of the factors required for healthy coastal ecosystems (October 2023)
ViewComposition of two starfish in Ōhiwa harbour
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This guidance contains the potential bioactives and composition data within two starfish species samples (November 2022)
ViewQuick guides: Navigating risk and uncertainty in marine management
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A series of five quick guides on navigating risk and uncertainty in marine management (November 2023)
ViewUnderstanding and communicating risk and uncertainty | te tūraru me te haurokuroku in marine management
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Blackett P, Awatere S, Le Heron E, Le Heron R, Logie J, Hyslop J, Ellis J, Stephenson F, Hewitt J, Ziedins I, Armoudian M, Bulmer R, Clark D…
ViewPātaka Kōrero User Guide
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This resource demonstrates some of the main functions and elements of the front-end user interface of the Pātaka Kōrero system, a digital st…
ViewConference research posters
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The below posters were presented at our 2023 conference, Te Au o Te Moana.
ViewBig Blue Aotearoa
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Developed in partnership with The Spinoff, this resource is designed to help change New Zealanders way of seeing our moana, in a bid to enco…
ViewSeaweed Sector Framework
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This co-developed roadmap shows how Aotearoa New Zealand could grow its rimurimu/seaweed sector in a way for the country to gain environment…
ViewStressors affecting estuaries
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This infographic shows the multiple stressors that can affect estuaries. (May 2022)
ViewEcosystem service mapping in marine environments: a case study
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This guidance explains what ecosystem service mapping is, and why it is useful for marine managers, planners, and other decision-makers. It …
ViewEBM as urban transport
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This infographic uses the analogy of urban transport requirements to explain ecosystem-based management (EBM).
ViewUser guide: Tools for ecosystem-based management
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The purpose of this guide is to help resource managers, kaitiaki and others to identify appropriate tools, developed and/or used by the Sus…
ViewTreaty-based marine governance & EBM
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This booklet and accompanying poster (May 2022) summarise key concepts and/or information from the 2020 report 'Stemming the colonial enviro…
ViewReframing environmental limits for estuaries
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This document provides an ecological perspective on how to overcome ecological issues related to the use of national environmental limits. H…
ViewCarbon cycle within a seaweed farm
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This infographic shows the pathways of carbon flow from seaweed aquaculture based on measurements and calculations of carbon sequestration p…
ViewPossible ecosystem services and negative environmental effects associated with seaweed aquaculture in coastal environments
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This infographic indicates the likely nature and degree of effect by large or small '-' or '+' symbols. (November 2021)
ViewKaitiaki-centred business models: 3 pou
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This poster summarises an analytical framework for examining kaitiaki-centred business models. A kaitiaki-centred business model is one that…
ViewWhat will enable Aotearoa New Zealand's seaweed sector?
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This infographic visualises the barriers and gaps that are impeding the sector, and what actions can be taken to address them. (August 2021)
ViewA snapshot of the global seaweed sector
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This infographic visualises: which seaweeds make up most of the global supply; what they are used for; growth of seaweed aquaculture in the …
ViewMonitoring estuaries in a changing world: Lessons for designing long-term monitoring programmes
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This guidance outlines key lessons for managers to consider when designing long-term monitoring programmes for estuaries (July 2021)
ViewHui-te-ana-nui: Kaitiakitanga cards
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Mātauranga Māori is a complex system of experiential knowledge that comprises intergenerational beliefs, values and practices that contribut…
ViewAddressing politics when conducting valuation for decision-making
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This guidance recommends three steps to address social and political context in values-based decision making.
ViewUsing Bayesian network models to bridge the gap between ecology and management
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This guidance explains how Bayesian network models can combine data with expert knowledge (ecological, physical or Mātauranga Māori), to bri…
ViewManaging the impact of turbidity, nutrients and sea level rise on coasts and estuaries
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This guidance explains the cumulative effects of three significant coastal stressors and likely impact on ecosystem function, and provides m…
ViewCetacean conservation planning: dealing with uncertainty and data deficiencies
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Fabrice Stephenson presented this poster at the 5th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, Auckland, 13-16 December 2020
ViewFilling gaps in marine data using Gradient Forest models
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This describes how large numbers of different data sets can be effectively pooled to group marine species into 'community assemblages'. Thes…
ViewAotearoa New Zealand's key marine legislation
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This poster shows key pieces of legislation in our marine realm, and where they apply.
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