Life in the Shallows: Wetlands and their stories
When Karen Denyer, Executive Officer of the National Wetland Trust was contacted by Massey University Press to write a book on wetlands in Aotearoa, there was an immediate dilemma – […]
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The early days of #CitSciNZ: crowdsourcing stoat data in our national parks (Post 2)
This post continues exploring the history of engaging the public in stoat research in 1970s New Zealand. In the last post, I described research carried out by Dr Carolyn (Kim) […]
#CitSciNZ: Building a National Citizen Science Association for Aotearoa New Zealand
A group of nearly 20 citizen science practitioners, researchers, educators, coordinators, developers, movers and shakers gathered on Aug 10 in New Plymouth to formalise the Citizen Science Association of Aotearoa […]
Working towards best practice for community environmental monitoring
Around 30 participants representing community groups, agency scientists and environmental managers joined in on a speed workshop (50 mins!) to help develop best practice for community monitoring. The event took […]
Communicating science – a quick look
Academia comes with a very specific language. On one hand it’s about bringing together ideas in a very concise form – often meaning heavy use of technical language. On the […]
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