#ECSA2018 – BioBlitz evaluation workshop
BioBlitz events have taken the world by storm! As with citizen science, the jury is still out on definitions, and consequently many variants have occurred under the BioBlitz banner. The […]
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Presenting… the presenters at #CitSciNZ2018, the #CitizenScience Symposium!
With the Citizen Science Symposium at Te Papa only 2 (short) weeks away, now is a good time to profile the presenters. The line-up is diverse – from volunteers to […]
Running a successful #BioBlitz: selecting a great site, leveraging off partnerships, engaging the public, effective #scicomm … and great weather!
In May last year, I ‘won’ a BioBlitz at the Crazy & Ambitious Biological Heritage Challenge conference – all it took was a blurry selfie in front of a BioBlitz […]
How do #community groups decide which #monitoring method to use?
The question ” How do community groups decide which monitoring method to use?” is the starting point for the Biodiversity Monitoring Guide for Auckland Community Groups (a new resource being […]
#CitSci2017 …rough notes and various reflections on #citizenscience
It’s always interesting attending large international events when you come from a small country that on Eurocentric maps, appears perilously close to the edge of the earth. With around 500 […]
Integrating #citizenscience with #marine and #freshwater #conservationaction and #education
Participating in the annual 3-day Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust wananga at Omaha Marae was pure joy. The location was perfect: Goat Island, New Zealand’s first and much-visited marine reserve […]
#SCICOMM 101: The killer keynote
Attending two conferences late last year back to back – one devoted to science communication, the other on ecological restoration, has given me plenty to think about. Out of the […]
#ERA2016conf: National and international perspectives on #citsci practice
Like last year’s Ecological conference in Christchurch, I put forward a Citizen Science Symposium for this year’s #ERA2016Conf Ecological Restoration Australasia conference. The aim of the symposium was to update […]
#SCANZ2016 Illustration/investigation: revealing the #art-sci nexus through line & light
For the recent Science Communicators Assn of NZ conference (Dunedin, Nov 14-16), I decided to challenge myself and present on art and science rather than my more accustomed themes of […]
Forest & Bird NZ: notes from the 35th annual conference
Around 100 branch members from around New Zealand, staff, supporters and speakers converged in Wellington on June 25, 2016 for the annual Forest and Bird Conference. The conference was an […]
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