Supporting Aotearoa to understand, manage, and enact change in response to the societal, environmental and regulatory shifts is critical to ensure that we retain and improve our terrestrial environments. Spanning urban, rural, regional and national scales, this group undertakes social, economic and geospatial/data science research to ensure that central and local government, Māori organisations, primary industry, businesses, NGOs, and communities are well equipped to respond, and supported to in turn encourage others to as well.
This group evaluates the current preference and values within Aotearoa; builds novel approaches to inform and support decision-making; develops integrated research approaches; supports policy, governance, and strategy development; and leverages the wealth of geospatial knowledge to enact change.
