Rocky coast at Otarawairere Bay Sustainable Seas 2020
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From funding instrument to boundary organisation
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Insights from a science policy interface in-the-making (June 2024)

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Bringing elements of ecosystem-based management into regional council policy and action plans
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Guidance and recommendations (June 2024)

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Advancing marine governance in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Policy position paper (June 2024)

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Fisheries system indicators to support ecosystem-based fisheries management in Tīkapa Moana Hauraki Gulf
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Summary of a project to evaluate potential indicators describing the health of the Hauraki Gulf fisheries system (June 2024)

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Developing place-based, community-led Restorative Marine Tourism in Aotearoa New Zealand
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The current state of Restorative Marine Tourism in Aotearoa (June 2024)

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The role of science education in Indigenous knowledge transfer
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Indigenisation of conservation education in New Zealand (June 2024)

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How to Indigenise the blue economy in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Rout M, Mika J, Reid J, Whitehead J, Gillies A, Wiremu, F, McLellan G, MacDonald T, & Ruha C (2024)

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Indigenising the blue economy in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Rout M, Reid J, Mika J, Whitehead J, Gillies A, Wiremu F, McLellan G & Ruha C (2024)

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Marine governance in Aotearoa
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Summary table (June 2024)

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Starting rehabilitation and restoration activities for shellfish and their habitats
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Considerations for initiating restoration or rehabilitation activities (June 2024)

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Management for estuary values and aspirations
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An extension of the Estuaries Bayesian Network Model (June 2024)

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From kina barrens to kelp forests – assessing potential recovery solutions
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Summary of a project on the causes of and solutions to kina barrens (June 2024)

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Modelling factors that influence community initiatives to restore marine environments
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Summary of social, ecological, and economic factors connected to community-based initiatives to restore the marine environment (June 2024)

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Nature reporting in New Zealand’s financial sectors
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Summary of nature-related disclosure developments, their implications for the financial sector, and the emerging opportunities in the field …

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Innovating aquaculture to improve social and economic well-being in coastal communities
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Summary of research that explored the potential of innovative pātiki aquaculture to generate income and empower communities to reclaim contr…

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Wao Tupuna
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Reclaiming ancestral knowledge of maramataka to inform cultural environmental indicator development.

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Teaching 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…

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Calculating 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…

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Creating a sustainable supply of seed mussels using mātauranga Māori
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Summary on using natural fibres from native plants known to mātauranga Māori for the replacement of plastic rope in mussel aquaculture (June…

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The Journey of Māori Fishing Rights in New Zealand
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Summary cards detailing the struggle, resilience, and adaptation of Māori Fishing Rights in New Zealand (May 2024)

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Legal enablers for ecosystem-based management
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Examples of legal enablers for ecosystem-based management (June 2024)

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Bringing 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)

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Kotahitanga mō te Taiao Alliance Summary
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Summary prepared for the Kotahitanga mō te Taiao Alliance (April 2024)

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Testing the adoption of decision support tools with end-users
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Guidance on decision support tools for ecosystem-based management (April 2024)

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Assessing present health
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Guidance on assessing the present ecological health of the area (May 2024)

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Roadmaps to ecosystem-based management
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A series of documents to address questions around enabling ecosystem-based management (May 2024)

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Empowering 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)

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Addressing risk and uncertainty in decision-making
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Recommendations for better risk assessment methods (May 2024)

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Developing pathways to a flourishing blue economy
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Recommendations for building pathways towards a blue economy (May 2024)

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Marine governance – sustaining ocean outcomes for future generations
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Recommendations for effective and appropriate marine governance (May 2024)

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Restoring marine ecosystems through better management and financing
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Recommendations to foster a restorative blue economy (May 2024)

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Enabling 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)

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Addressing cumulative effects in marine management decisions
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Recommendations for addressing cumulative effects (May 2024)

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Enabling effective marine spatial planning for ecological and economic wellbeing
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Recommendations for marine spatial planning in Aotearoa New Zealand (May 2024)

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Enabling 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)

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Disturbance-recovery dynamics inform seafloor management for recovery
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Hewitt J, Gladstone‐Gallagher R & Thrush S (2022)

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An ecological principles-based approach to guide coastal environmental management
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This summary highlights the findings of three academic publications from the Challenge (April 2024)

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Integrating interactive stressors within marine spatial planning using spatial modelling and decision support tools
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This summary details important advances for marine spatial planning and ecosystem-based management (April 2024)

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Utilising ecosystem services to support marine ecosystem management
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This summary provides an overview of how ecosystem services can be used as a tool in marine management and ecosystem-based management (March…

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Composition 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)

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Financing coastal and marine restorative economies in Aotearoa New Zealand
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This summary gives the main points of a report on opportunities and challenges in building restorative economies in New Zealand from the inv…

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Restorative marine economies: a framework for mobilising ecosystem-level investments
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This summary explains the key concepts of restorative economies and outlines an impact investment framework to guide questions and steps whe…

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Improving the marine management framework to make good decisions on seabed mining
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This summary details managing seabed mining and other marine activities, and recommends improvements to the marine management framework (Feb…

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Revitalising mātauranga Māori in marine management
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Using research for legislation, policy, and planning for healthy seas
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Building a seaweed sector
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Upholding the value of pāua quota
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This research looks at how we can uphold long-term fishery values, the value of commercial quota, and the ecological role that pāua play in …

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Quick 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)

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Understanding 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…

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Factsheet: Environmental considerations for seaweed aquaculture
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Assessing the environmental effects of seaweed aquaculture in Aotearoa New Zealand (September 2023)

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Managing cumulative effects in the marine environment
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This is a research round-up of our tools, resources and research related to managing cumulative effects in the marine environment (May 2023)

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Understanding cumulative effects from a Te Ao Māori perspective
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This summary facilitates translation and communication of concepts of cumulative effects on marine ecosystems, and how they can be managed w…

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Using the Seafloor Disturbance Model to understand the dynamics of seafloor disturbance and recovery
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This summary showcases the seafloor model of disturbance and recovery dynamics which can be used to explore the implications of changes in t…

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Coastal ecosystem management: Managing multiple stressors by considering network interactions
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This summary suggests a series of questions which will enable environmental managers and scientists to understand the potential for unexpect…

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Pātaka 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…

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Innovation in the blue economy
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Designing law and policy for the health and resilience of marine and coastal ecosystems
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This is a summary of research findings into options for policy and legislative change to enable ecosystem-based management across scales in …

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Blue Economy Principles for Aotearoa New Zealand
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This summary provides guidance on what the blue economy principles mean in practice to inform implementation (June 2023)

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Users of Sustainable Seas research for ecosystem-based management
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This summary provides insight into the potential users of our research into ecosystem-based management. Schwarz AM, Flowers G & Hewitt J (Ju…

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Learning from innovative governance examples to enhance EBM practices
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This is a summary of our research into environmental governance arrangements in Aotearoa New Zealand to identify enabling conditions (or pou…

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Cumulative effects erode resilience in coastal ecosystems
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This summary gives the main points of three articles published between 2021 and 2023, which highlight how cumulative effects can induce an o…

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Conference research posters
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The below posters were presented at our 2023 conference, Te Au o Te Moana.

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Reclaiming indigenous knowledge for marine management
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This impact case study describes incorporating mātauranga Māori into marine management strategies to improve coastal indicators (August 2022…

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