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Tag Archives: Science communication

Life in the Shallows: Wetlands and their stories

April 8, 2022by Monica Peters Leave a comment

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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Science communication, Wetlands

The early days of #CitSciNZ: crowdsourcing stoat data in our national parks (Post 2)

September 15, 2020by Monica Peters Leave a comment

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) […]

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Citizen science, CitSciNZ History, Predator/pest free

#CitSciNZ: Building a National Citizen Science Association for Aotearoa New Zealand

August 21, 2019by Monica Peters 4 Comments

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 […]

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Citizen science, Citizen Science Assn. of Aotearoa NZ

Working towards best practice for community environmental monitoring

February 23, 2016by Monica Peters Leave a comment

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 […]

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Citizen science, Community environmental restoration, Indigenous culture(s), Science communication, Volunteer monitoring

Communicating science – a quick look

March 20, 2013by Monica Peters Leave a comment

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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Science communication

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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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