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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, conservation and citizen science are where my personal and professional interests overlap. I run my own consultancy people+science, contracting to NGOs, science professionals, community groups and government agencies on projects which often sit at the interface between science and the public. My background spans conservation, research, international development and fine arts - each a different lens through which to understand our environment and our relationship to it. My skill set includes multi-stakeholder project design and delivery, workshop facilitation, science communication, social and ecological research, and large-scale science event management. My work spans hands-on operational to governance and strategic design.

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