Collaborative research initiatives
Current Outcome-based Investments (OBIs)
OBIs are long-term science funding investments by FRST and partner organisations. They are more outcome focused than past funding, give research institutions more stability through long-term funding, can devolve decision-making and are designed to increase collaboration between researchers. They run for 8-12 years.
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Defining NZ’s Land Biota
Defines critical elements of the country’s terrestrial biota, including description, distribution, evolutionary relationships, genetic diversity, and ecological links -
Ecosystem Resilience
The Ecosystem Resilience OBI will enhance and restore resilient indigenous biodiversity across the New Zealand landscape through research and management of natural ecosystems. -
Sustaining & restoring biodiversity
Aims to reverse the decline of terrestrial indigenous biodiversity by providing practical strategies and improving the capability of land management, regulatory and policy agencies, to achieve substantial biodiversity gains.
Research Centres
- Centre for Biodiversity and Biosecurity (CBB)) www.cbb.org.nz
The CBB brings together researchers at Landcare Research and the University of Auckland, comprising many of New Zealand’s pre-eminent experts in biosecurity, conservation biology, biodiversity research and the development and application of new molecular technologies to biosecurity and biodiversity issues. - Centre for Urban Ecosystem Sustainability (CUES)
Joint venture with the University of Auckland. CUES is leading urban research within New Zealand and is building knowledge into, more sustainable settlement forms, the application of LIUDD principles and analysing the performance of sustainable buildings and neigbourhoods
- New Zealad Centre for Ecologocal Economics (NZCEE) www.nzcee.org.nz
NZCEE conducts research that explores the links between the environment, economy and people. It is a collaboration between Landcare Research and Massey University.
- Sustainable Land Use Research Initiative (SLURI) www.sluri.org.nz
A national centre for maintaining and managing our soils. SLURI will carry out research on the sustainable management of land and develop new tools for regulators and land managers .