Conservation for the Greater Good
In the last fortnight I’ve attended two community events that have brought environmental restoration groups together. In this age where there are so many channels for communication, what interests me […]
Category Archives: Community environmental restoration
Transformation
Where do community environmental groups fit into the increasingly talked about citizen science movement? With the vast scale and diverse nature of the international citizen science movement, three main models […]
Valuing volunteers
Community groups, mostly of made up of volunteers, drive a major part of the conservation effort in New Zealand. Almost all work is carried out in partnership with one or […]
Resilience
The Institute of Sustainable Development defines socio-ecological resilience as “…the ability of an individual or system to combat adversity, deal with difficulties and otherwise bounce back and progress”. To this, […]
Common Ground?
Who or what is ‘the community’? It’s another one of those terms that seems to be a catch-all for ‘everybody else’. I’ll also confess to frequent use of community without […]
He Tangata, he tangata, he tangata – the people, the people, the people
Wetlands are often referred as the barometer catchment health, but their function as barometer of the health of the people is often overlooked (or frankly, just ignored). The biennial National […]
Research Snapshot #2
Over a few short weeks in September last year, nearly 300 NZ community groups responded to an email questionnaire. Two main themes were explored – the scope and nature of […]
Finding local solutions
The Waikato Biodiversity Forum Day, this time in Taupo, provides me with yet more thought provoking perspectives on what community groups do and why. Their words strengthen, confirm and add […]
Seed – Flower – Fruit
An almost overwhelming number of dialogues underway from government agencies to volunteers are exploring the overlay between community groups, science-based tools and data generation. If the ‘seeds’ are the groups […]
Celebrating the ‘grassroots’
A couple of weeks back, I attended the Yellow-Eyed Penguin Trust’s conference – Celebrating 25 years of restoring habitat, sharing knowledge, corporate sponsorship by Mainland and protecting one of the […]
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