Tagged: Ecosystem Restoration

From Restoration to Reconciliation: Belief 5 – Keep going we’re almost there - So Shoot Me

Jamie Steer • Dec 18, 2018 •

• Ecosystem Restoration,
• hybrid,
• introduced species,
• invasive species,
• native species,
• restoration

We still very often retain this belief that we can put the bits of our fallen humpty dumpty back together again; that we can restore what we’ve lost. Nature, in this respect, is still often presented as this relatively static puzzle that is waiting for us to make it whole again. Unfortunately what the science of the last 30 … Read More

Back to the Future in Northland: Fossils illuminate a flight path towards ecosystem restoration - Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives

Nic Rawlence • Apr 18, 2018 •

• Auckland Musuem,
• Bioblitz,
• Biodiversity,
• birds,
• Ecosystem Restoration,
• fossil,
• Kōhatu Shag,
• Moho,
• Ngāti Kuri,
• Northland,
• Sea Lion,
• tuatara

Ground control to Major Tom: The otherworldly Herangi Hill at Motu i Pao/Cape Maria van Dieman where Fred found the ancient Moho skull. Photo courtesy of Jennifer Carol. In the pouring rain, surrounded by flowing sand lava and cascading lahars, Fred Brook gingerly walks towards Matt Rayner and me. He’s sliding across a steep sand dune, his hands carefully … Read More