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Improving water resource management in Colombia and Ecuador
20 April 2020
Among the postponements forced by COVID-19 was a visit by a study group from Colombia and Ecuador. The group was due in New Zealand to learn about NZ’s approaches to catchment management.
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Science during lockdown
17 April 2020
Although New Zealand was in COVID-19 lockdown, it didn't stop scientists at Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research from devising some ingenious home-based workarounds to make sure that their research could keep going even if they weren't allowed to go into the field to do their fieldwork.
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Results now in: 2019 New Zealand Colony Loss Survey
15 April 2020
Results are now in from the 2019 New Zealand Colony Loss Survey – a vital source of information for the New Zealand beekeeping industry.
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Sir Rob Fenwick's enduring legacy
12 March 2020
We are greatly saddened to learn of the death of Sir Rob Fenwick, a long-time collaborator, colleague and friend to us all at Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.
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What’s happening on our land?
5 February 2020
Land Cover Database version 5 out now!
In the past six years, more than half a million hectares of New Zealand’s land cover have changed, according to the latest version of New Zealand’s Land Cover Database (LCDB, version 5).
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How is New Zealand's landscape changing?
4 February 2020
New Zealand’s land cover is constantly changing. This week sees the release of version 5 of New Zealand’s Land Cover Database (LCDB), which details these changes, helping us to understand how the way we are using our land is changing.
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World attention for New Zealand’s threatened fungi
14 January 2020
Established in 1964, the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species (www.iucnredlist.org) is a critical indicator of the health of the world’s biodiversity. It is now viewed as the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of...
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