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  1. The Lake Snow Toolbox: environmental monitoring of slime in our iconic lakes

    Lake snow is produced by a microscopic alga, Lindavia intermedia, and is becoming a major problem in Central Otago and Lake Wānaka. The reason why lake snow, also known as lake snot, is growing in lakes in these regions is unclear.

  2. New from Enviro-Mark Solutions – on-farm carbon footprinting for certification

    You can’t manage what you don’t measure. Knowing a farm’s carbon footprint will help farmers to find ways to reduce carbon, be more efficient, and respond to market demand for environmentally responsible, transparently sourced food products. Measuring and reducing a farm’s carbon footprint will also...

  3. A special mātauranga Māori issue of the NZ Journal of Ecology

    Manaaki Whenua has contributed to the first special issue of the NZ Journal of Ecology that focuses on mātauranga Māori. The issue, ‘Mātauranga Māori and shaping ecological futures’, was launched at Lincoln University in December.

  4. KiwiNet – successful innovation funding for some of our young scientists

    The Kiwi Innovation Network (KiwiNet) is a New Zealand network of public research organisations, working together to transform scientific discoveries into marketable products and services. KiwiNet acts as a channel for collaboration, empowering people by helping them to access the tools, connections...

  5. Creating pest-free sanctuaries for New Zealand

    Implementing multi-species pest mammal control for biodiversity and wider ecosystem recovery.

  6. Ancestral knowledge in the classroom

    Manaaki Whenua researchers have launched a bilingual teacher guide and a student booklet in te reo aimed at teaching Māori students ancestral knowledge about fungi (hekaheka).

  7. Manaaki Whenua scientist is Zonta Science Award winner

    A love of the natural world saw Manaaki Whenua scientist Dr Jessie Prebble named the 15th Biennial Zonta Science Award winner. The award was established in 1990 by the Zonta Club of Wellington to further the status of New Zealand women in science.

  8. Soil core scanning, national inventory and monitoring

    Globally, soil scientists have turned their attention to soil carbon research to investigate how much carbon is contained in soils and how best to retain or increase soil carbon stocks. Any increase is a direct offset to greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere and could be accounted for in nation...

  9. Wai Ora Wai Māori app launched

    Developing a deeper understanding of the state of Māori natural food and traditional resources was the drive behind the creation of the Wai Ora Wai app.

  10. Remote sensing utilised

    Manaaki Whenua has a long history of research leadership in environmental monitoring from space, using state-of-the-art remote-sensing technologies, satellite imagery, and smart science to cost-effectively map the vegetation (land cover) across the length and breadth of New Zealand.