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News and updates about our research, outreach and engagement
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 06 December 2018
Developing ecosystem-based management principles for NZ
The Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge leadership team have proposed seven major principles for ecosystem-based management (EBM) in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Posted on 05 December 2018
Growing a successful and sustainable Māori marine economy
The Sustainable Seas research team led by Dr John Reid and Dr Jason Mika have identified five key factors that will drive growth of the Māori marine economy: the continued development…
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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 24 October 2018
Improving how we predict marine fish distributions
To improve management of marine ecosystems and help conservation, decision-makers need to understand how marine life is distributed over large ocean areas.
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Posted on 30 July 2018
Award recognises contribution to marine science
University of Waikato scientist Professor Conrad Pilditch is the 2018 winner of the New Zealand Marine Sciences Society Award.
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Posted on 25 June 2018
Sustainable Seas features on Ocean Bounty S2 EP7
Sir Rob Fenwick, our Chairman was interviewed about Sustainable Seas on S2 EP7 of Ocean Bounty. You can watch it on TV 3 (Link no longer available) on demand.
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Posted on 31 March 2018
Media coverage in March 2018
Seaweek 2018 teaching units and linksNZAEE Seaweek LEARNZ virtual fieldtrip and Science Learning Hub resources.
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Posted on 16 March 2018
Sun, sea, sand – and marine science
During Seaweek, more than 4,600 school pupils joined 6 Sustainable Seas researchers for 3 days of marine science fieldwork in Tasman Bay, as part of the LEARNZ virtual field trip Sustainable…
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Posted on 08 March 2018
Tipping Points on Radio NZ
Tune in to tonight’s episode of Our Changing World (after the 9pm news) for an excellent in-depth piece that gets into the detail of what the Tipping Points project is investigating, and…
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Posted on 06 March 2018
Free school resources about ecosystem connectivity and tipping points
The Science Learning Hub has produced some excellent teaching resources based on our Ecosystem Connectivity and Tipping Points projects.
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Posted on 31 January 2018
Media coverage in January 2018
50 questions about the environment: Our oceansNZ Herald, Jan 2018 Simon Thrush, leader of the Tipping Points project, was interviewed about key issues facing ocean and coastal ecosystems, including threats and pressures…
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