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Proceedings of the Manaaki Whenua Conference

Wellington, New Zealand, 21-23 April 1999

The following papers were presented at the Manaaki Whenua Conference. Only some have been converted to web format. The rest can be converted on request (contact the Webmaster Email ) , unless indicated as unavailable.

Day 1 Papers
A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE Dame Cheryll Sotheran, CEO Te Papa (Paper not available)
Topic 1: SPECIES WE TREASURE; KNOWING WHAT WE HAVE. David Penman (Research Manager, Landcare Research) (Paper not available)
Topic 2: OUR VALUABLE SOILS: WHAT HAVE WE GOT AND HOW ARE THEY CHANGING? Allan Hewitt (Soil Scientist, Landcare Research) - Our valuable soils
Topic 3: NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS: WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THEM? Hugh Logan (Department of Conservation)
Panel 1: Paradise lost? Matt McGlone (LR) - Past ecosystems Theo Stephens (DoC) - Biodiversity indicators; An inventory to enable measurement of conservation achievement. John McLennan (LR) - New Zealand avifauna: extinctions, threats and future directions Bruce Clarkson (LR) - Forest fragments
Panel 2: Biological diversity Graham Sparling (LR) - Soil microbial diversity Rob Allen (LR) - Ecosystem resilience Gareth Lloyd-Jones (LR) - DNA of soil microbes Dianne Gleeson (LR) - Genetic Diversity; The role of genetics in biodiversity conservation
Panel 3: Resource management tools John Burley (LR) - Heritage databases; Black holes or a goldmine? Alan Saunders (DoC) - Experimental management at mainland islands Colin Meurk (LR) - Ecological restoration: a science, an attitude, an imperative (Paper not available) John Leathwick (LR) - Environmental Domains; Tools for conservation and environmental management (Paper not available) Phil Lyver (Ngai Tahu) - Kia Mau Te Titi Mo Ake Tonu Atu: project goals, design and methods
Panel 4: Sustainable use of our natural resources David Simmons (LU) - Ecotourism: product or process? Richard Gordon (LR) - Eco-efficiency; The only way forward Mike O'Connor (AgR) - Animal and human wastes as sources of useful nutrients Max Kennedy (IRL) - New products from natural resources Ross Cullen (LU) - Evaluing biodiversity : (an economic dimension)
Day 2 Papers
Topic 1: COST BENEFIT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL MEASURES Guy Salmon (Maruia Society) (Paper not available)
Topic 2: VERTEBRATE PESTS - IMPACTS AND FUTURE MANAGEMENT Phil Cowan (Landcare Research and Marsupial Cooperative Research Centre)
Topic 3: PLANT PESTS : ALIENS IN PARADISE William Lee (Plant Ecologist, Landcare Research)
Topic 4: A MAORI PERSPECTIVE OF PEST CONTROL, FROM WITHIN DOC Dave Para (Te Rawara, Kaupapa Atawhai Manager, Department of Conservation)
Panel 5: Vertebrate control Dave Morgan (LR) - Applied control technologies Charles Eason (LR) - Wildlife toxicology issues in possum control; a comparison of 1080 and brodifacoum Graham Nugent (LR) - Integrated vertebrate control strategies David Choquenot (LR) - Pest control in a bioeconomic framework
Panel 6: Control of weeds, invertebrate pests and pathogens Simon Fowler (LR) - Biological control of weeds Susan Timmins/Chris Buddenhagen (DoC) - How to win at weeds Jacqueline Beggs (LR) - The war against wasps Ross Beever (LR) - Microscopic pests of plants in natural environments
Panel 7: Enemies of the environment - Social and policy perspectives Richard Ivess (MAF) - International border control Kevin Prime (Ngati Hine) - Social concerns - a Maori perspective Basil Walker (ERMA) - Risk assessment: issues and perspectives based on New Zealand's HSNO experience Roger Wilkinson (LR) - Public perception of pests in NZ; Essential information for moving forward .
Panel 8: Land-use threats Bob Lee (LR) - Ground water contamination Noel Trustrum (LR) - Threats to terrestrial ecosystems posed by erosion and sedimentation (Paper not available) Jim Lynch (Buddle Findlay) - Discharges to land and contaminated sites Bruce Thorrold (AgR) - Land use impacts on water and aquatic ecosystems

HUMANS - SAVIOURS OF OUR ENVIRONMENT, OR PART OF THE PROBLEM?
THE LIVING WINE GROUP Richard Riddiford (Palliser Estate Wines)
FOOD, ITS PRODUCTION AND THE ENVIRONMENT Robert Burgess (AgR)
Day 3 Papers
Topic 1: THE CHANGING NATURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES IN NEW ZEALAND J. Morgan Williams (Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment) (Paper not available)
Topic 2: HUMAN IMPACTS ON OUR NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS William Kapea (Technical Director, Te Hao O Ngati Whatua
Topic 3: THE BENEFITS OF LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND ITS RECENT APPLICATION TO URBAN ENVIRONMENTS Steward Pickett (MfE visiting speaker, Institute of Ecosystem Studies - Baltimore LTER)
Panel 9: Environmental Auditing: Indicators and Monitoring Hori Parata (Ngati Wai) - A cultural/spiritual perspective (Paper not available) Graham Sparling (LR) - Soil quality & soil health Kevin Tate (LR) - Greenhouse gases Charles Eason (LR) - Bioindicators & biomarker; Assessing the impacts of stressors and monitoring improvement in environmental health Alastair Ensor (Farmer) - Community-based monitoring (Paper not available)
Panel 10: Environmental Management Technologies and Systems William (Breck) Bowden (LR) - Integrated catchment management rediscovered; An essential tool for a new millennium Craig Trotter (LR) - Looking at a bigger picture; Spatial analysis and remote sensing for environmental management Paul Luckman (LR) - Designing sustainable farms - plants solutions for eroding hill country Louis Schipper (LR) - Environmental filters Ants Roberts (AgR) - OverseerTM - a nutrient budgeting model
Panel 11: Instruments of Environmental Change Ian Donald (Company Director) - Market forces Guy Salmon (Maruia Society) - Green taxes and changes (Paper not available) Joan Pollock (eco2000) - Changing behaviour through community empowerment James Buwalda (MRST) - Funding environmental research in the new millennium

ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY: Where to from here? Andy Pearce, CEO, Landcare Research.