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Category Archives: Island conservation

Island life: community-led #conservation in a #biodiversity crisis

April 14, 2019by Monica Peters Leave a comment

It’s easy to imagine it can’t really be all that bad for biodiversity when you travel to places like Aotea / Great Barrier Island. The 285km2 island lies just 90km […]

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Community environmental restoration, Island conservation

#Subantarctic Islands: diary of a #plantgeek

December 23, 2017by Monica Peters 1 Comment

The natural history of New Zealand’s remote Subantarctic Islands is as intriguing as the islands’ history of human endeavour. Scattered across the Roaring Forties and Furious Fifties, these remote volcanic […]

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Island conservation, Volunteer monitoring

Mana Island, Wellington: #community #restoration and #partnerships

November 29, 2017by Monica Peters 1 Comment

A few months ago, I took the opportunity while heading down to a conference in Wellington to squeeze in a field trip to the Mana Island Scientific Reserve. The weather […]

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Community environmental restoration, Farming & agriculture, Indigenous culture(s), Island conservation, Predator/pest free

Restoring #Rotopiko: bringing back the birds… including a few (thousand) unexpected ones!

September 6, 2017by Monica Peters 2 Comments

Another year wraps around at Rotopiko (Lake Serpentine), an iconic peat lake complex set in farmland between Hamilton and Te Awamutu. The site is earmarked for a National Wetland Centre, […]

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Community environmental restoration, Island conservation, Wetlands

Great Mercury /Ahuahu: #pestfree island #sanctuary for flora, fauna & rockstars!

February 7, 2017by Monica Peters Leave a comment

  Making Great Mercury Island pest free began with a casual discussion between Pete Corson (DOC) and Michael Fay (Island co-owner), in the back of a ute in 2009. With […]

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Community environmental restoration, Indigenous culture(s), Island conservation, Predator/pest free

Reviving Rotoroa Island and reinventing a socio-ecosystem

March 8, 2016by Monica Peters Leave a comment

It’s been a summer of a lot of travel, invariably including a number of ecological restoration projects. Rotoroa Island is truly unique. I travelled to Rotoroa Island in late December […]

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Community environmental restoration, Indigenous culture(s), Island conservation

James Cook & his ‘Wild Musick’

January 8, 2014by Monica Peters 1 Comment

In 1770, botanist Joseph Banks described the cacophony of austral bird sounds as almost imitating “…small bells but with the most tuneable silver sound imaginable…” It must have been extraordinary, […]

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Community-led biodiversity restoration, land use and citizen science are where my personal and professional interests overlap. As Director of people+science, I work on diverse projects, many of which sit at the interface between science and the public. I work in partnership with NGOs, science professionals, community members, and land managers. I draw on a broad set of skills including hands-on conservation, research, impact evaluation, governance, science communication and… fine arts. Although eclectic, together these form distinct, though overlapping lenses through which to interpret and understand our environment.

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#CitSciNZ2018 #CitSciNZ Working Group 2016-2018 Art & creativity Bioblitz Citizen science Citizen Science Assn. of Aotearoa NZ CitSciNZ History CitSci Think Tank Community environmental restoration Conferences & symposia Cultural Journeys Environment and history Farming & agriculture Indigenous culture(s) Island conservation PhD Research 2013-2016 Policy Predator/pest free Science/enviro-ed Science communication Te Ao Māori Volunteer monitoring Water quality Wetlands Winston Churchill Memorial Trust 2019
Nothing beats a surprise rainbow offset by sun and rain #Aotearoa is a compact country... there is so much to see and contemplate even over a couple of days. Slice of #retro in @bayofplentynz #Bach weekend... morning view out to farmland/drained #wetland. Working in the #environmental sector, I mostly look at the landscape through a #conservation lens. What's missing is history - understanding the cultural layers. Popped up in my graphics feed this morning: an image I took years ago of insect riddled leaves juxtaposed with others used as stencils... from the bewildering, extraordinary colonial juggernaut @pittriversmuseum #paperwork Monday... rainy weather is the perfect time for admin. Cue much coffee drinking... Reminded of drinking a powerful syrupy brew in #Laos some years ago... Light. Making the most of a Sunday morning. From yesterday's brief morning escape up to the #HakarimataSummit and then along the ridge line to look at details: Out and about this morning before settling at my laptop... this caught my eye: a wood ear fungus cupping a pukatea seed...

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