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Posted on 17 September 2019
Maritime Museum Talk: Forecasting contamination
Watch recordings of our second NZ Maritime Museum breakfast talk on 19 August 2019.
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Posted on 29 July 2019
Beyond The Unseen: Engaging communities with science
Early findings from The Unseen research project show that participants take home clear science messages through working on art.
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Posted on 20 June 2019
Maritime Museum talk: Aotearoa's blue economy
35 people joined researchers Nick Lewis and Jason Mika bright and early at the NZ Maritime Museum for our inaugural breakfast talk to explore what a ‘blue' economy is, and how Aotearoa can…
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Posted on 16 May 2019
Does NZ legislation enable EBM?
Marine law and policies will need to be updated to fully embrace ecosystem-based management (EBM) principles say researchers from the EBM within Aotearoa New Zealand’s legal framework project.
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Posted on 17 April 2019
Towards a stronger Kaikōura: a community event
Kaikōura community members gathered on 10 April to hear from National Science Challenge researchers who have been working in the area since the 2016 quake.
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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 08 April 2019
Webinar: New Zealand law and the principles of ecosystem-based management
In this webinar Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge researchers summarise the legal framework that applies to the management of Aotearoa New Zealand’s marine environment.
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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 20 March 2019
Seaweek focus on tracking plastic pollution
During Seaweek, Cawthron Institute researcher Heni Unwin travelled the country to share her research with Dr Ross Vennell on tracking plastic pollution in our marine environment.
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Posted on 13 March 2019
3,000 school students discover marine science with LEARNZ
In early March, 7 Sustainable Seas Challenge researchers were involved in a 3-day LEARNZ virtual field trip to Nelson for school students.
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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 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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