New Zealand’s native conifers
One of my favourite groups of New Zealand plants are our native conifers. Most people don’t realise that we have 21 described species and...
Tiny mud heroes of New Zealand estuaries
Estuarine mudflats are usually seen as bare and fruitless wastelands, but in fact, they rank as one of the most productive habitats on Earth....
Botany of the bizarre: the biology of the world’s strangest parasitic plant
The strange parasitic plant genus Rafflesia faces a number of conservation challenges, including habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation. Learning more about these rare species is a crucial step in informing the conservation management of Rafflesia.
CAREX: a collaborative approach to waterway rehabilitation
Currently,
there is considerable interest around the impacts that agriculture is having on
water quality. Nationwide the focus has been on highlighting the issues but
little attention...
Vote for Bringing Back the Birds in Ngel Nyaki Forest Reserve
Click here to visit eocaconservation.org and vote for Bringing Back the Birds
Ngel Nyaki Forest Reserve, an important bird area, sits on the Nigerian/Cameroon border...
Not another COVID eviction story – contested spaces in Christchurch Central City
Since 2019, a colony of Tarāpuka|black-billed gulls – not only critically endangered, but the most endangered gulls in the world - have taken up...
A good news story for World Ocean Day: The Ross Sea region MPA
The Southern Ocean south of the Antarctic Polar Front is managed by an international agreement analogous to the Antarctic Treaty, the Convention for the Conservation...
Our hidden forests
Seaweed form one of the most diverse and productive ecosystems on this planet, yet, with most of its beauty hidden below the surface; its...
Ōpāwaho/Heathcote River – (Re)connecting catchment communities
The Ōpāwaho (or Heathcote River) is one of two main rivers that weaves its way through Ōtautahi (Christchurch) on its way to the Avon...
A celebration of spiders
Happy Arachtober, the month of spiders! Dr Fiona Cross, or "Doctor Spider", introduces us to some cute jumping spiders commonly found in New Zealand.
