Cover image: Senior Technician (Ecology) Paul Robbins using a sighting compass to establish a permanent monitoring plot in Rākaukākā Forest.
Pūtaiao Issue 20. Focus of attention. Science for our biodiversity & biosecurity
It’s now been five years since we started publishing Pūtaiao. Each issue of Pūtaiao shares the benefits and outcomes of our science in helping to ensure a sustainable, productive future for Aotearoa New Zealand. In this issue, many of the stories focus on progress in restoring biodiversity and beating invasive species, through collaborative science with real-world impact.
Read on about our work in the monitoring and management of introduced predators, including new tools and insights for predator-free groups. Among other stories, we also outline progress in understanding invasive weeds and natural enemies in Rarotonga, the long-term problems caused by small-sizing of reserves for native dryland vegetation, and the surprising rediscovery of a population of wallabies that had been hiding in plain sight in the Bay of Plenty.
We begin with news of the recovery of native forest after Cyclone Gabrielle, tracing the establishment of permanent monitoring plots to assess change over time in forest fragments between Wairoa and Whareponga.
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