Catalysing change

Supporting Aotearoa to understand, manage, and enact change in response to the societal and regulatory shifts is critical to ensure that we retain and improve our terrestrial environments. Spanning urban, rural, regional and national scales, the Social, Informational, and Geospatial research that this group will undertake will ensure that central and local government, Māori organisations, primary industry, businesses, NGOs, and communities are well equipped to respond, and supported to in turn encourage others to as well.

This group will evaluate the current preference and values within Aotearoa; build novel approaches to inform and support decision-making; develop integrated research approaches; support policy, governance, and strategy development; and leverage the wealth of geospatial knowledge to enact change.