Tagged: community engagement

How we relate – What is meaningful engagement? - Ice Doctor

Victoria Metcalf • Oct 13, 2016 •

• #SciCommNZ,
• community engagement,
• education,
• engagement,
• scicomm,
• science communication,
• Twitter

In a post-normal science world how we engage is fundamentally important. Next Tuesday Twitter users will have the opportunity to discuss meaningful engagement in a combined #scicommnz #scichatnz chat. SciCommNZ chats, using the hashtag #scicommnz, are where a community of scientists, science communicators and science educators meet on Twitter once a month. The chat aim is to … Read More

Treaty of Waitangi leads conservation innovation - Infrequently Asked Questions

Lynley Hargreaves • Sep 01, 2016 •

• community engagement,
• marine reserves,
• Treaty of Waitangi

Dr Giles Dodson Co-governance with Māori could create more support for marine reserves, says new Royal Society of New Zealand Council member Giles Dodson. But the legislation doesn’t support it. Innovative co-governance of conservation areas is happening – but through Treaty of Waitangi negotiations, says Dr Dodson, rather than traditional conservation legislation. Dr Dodson, a Senior Lecturer at Unitec … Read More