Island life: community-led #conservation in a #biodiversity crisis
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 […]
Category Archives: Island conservation
#Subantarctic Islands: diary of a #plantgeek
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 […]
Mana Island, Wellington: #community #restoration and #partnerships
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 […]
Restoring #Rotopiko: bringing back the birds… including a few (thousand) unexpected ones!
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, […]
Great Mercury /Ahuahu: #pestfree island #sanctuary for flora, fauna & rockstars!
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 […]
Reviving Rotoroa Island and reinventing a socio-ecosystem
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 […]
James Cook & his ‘Wild Musick’
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, […]
