Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research
New Zealand's foremost environmental research organisation.
Re–defining the ‘Big Ice’
Landcare research scientists have taken a big step to ensuring ongoing protection of Antarctica.
Led by Fraser Morgan, they have undertaken a classification of the physical environment of the entire continent, which is now considered the leading environmental information database for the continent.
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Science in Focus - Biodiversity and Conservation
The Biodiversity & Conservation team consists of about 50 scientists and science technicians based in Auckland, Hamilton, Nelson, Lincoln and Dunedin. Its mission is to undertake world class scientific research to underpin the protection of New Zealand's biodiversity, and to minimise the impacts of invasive weeds and invertebrates. We provide research and advice on conservation planning, biodiversity inventory and monitoring, species recovery strategies, biocontrol of weeds, management of invasive invertebrates, management and restoration of wetlands and forest fragments, pollination biology, genetic structure of populations, gene flow in the environment, and biotic risk assessment. Much of our research is carried out in highly modified areas and where the natural landscape abuts areas managed for production. Although we mainly deal with native organisms, and weeds and pests of the natural environment, many of these invasive species also affect productive land, and many native species find a home within agricultural systems. Our research therefore has strong implications for agriculture and forestry as well.
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