Some of the highest rat densities ever measured on the New Zealand mainland are being recorded in a study run by Manaaki Whenua at Lake A...
Established in 1964, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species (www. iucnredlist.org) is a...
During the year researchers at Manaaki Whenua contributed to the first special issue of the [New Zealand Journal of Ecology], focusing on...
In March 2020 the New Zealand and Australian governments approved funding for the Pacific Seeds for Life (PS4L) project, in partnership w...
Brown kiwi ([Apteryx mantelli]) are highly vulnerable to extinction in the wild, with populations currently in serious decline. Even thou...
New Zealand is a world leader in controlling and, in some areas, eradicating invasive mammalian predators. Much of that innovation has be...
Collaboration and communication are the key to success in solving some of our most complex environmental problems. The Beyond Myrtle Rust...
Assembled by teams of New Zealand scientists working with international collaborators, the complete genome of the stoat (Mustela erminea)...
In the past 6 years more than half a million hectares of New Zealand’s land cover has changed, according to the latest version of New Zea...
Regenerative agriculture (regen ag), a term first coined in the 1970s, applies an adaptive ecological approach to agricultural landscape ...
Over the past 15 years S-map has transformed soil survey in New Zealand, from a mix of hard-copy soil maps and bulletins and a few region...
For decades, soil scientists from Manaaki Whenua have been visiting Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) to collect soil samp...
For Māori, elements of ecosystems and their linkages form the basis of whakapapa (ancestry) and kaitiakitanga (guardianship/management) p...
Iwi and conservation groups throughout the country can now track and plan the conservation progress of native taonga species in their roh...
Over the coming decades changes in climate are likely to have serious effects on New Zealand’s productive land environments. The Intergov...
Scientists have long recognised that one of their biggest challenges is how to translate their recommendations into lasting management an...
The recent increase in environmental regulations in New Zealand, including the National Policy Statements for Freshwater Management (2013...
Every year, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, New Zealand is obliged to report its...
A renewed New Zealand Government focus on climate change in the past 3 years has sought to identify future research needs to address gaps...