PROJECTS / Project Summary Project Status: Location: A new citizen science project empowering sailors to map marine biodiversity and ocean health using cutting-edge technology Sailors collecting eDNA, create 3D coral reef models, and gather environmental data Insights from the Pacific aiming to advance understanding of climate change impacts and biodiversity loss globally Photo Credit / […]
PROJECTS / Project Summary Project Status: Location: Long-spined sea urchin taking over key ecosystems High resolution 3D models used to monitor impact Multiple monitoring sites in Northern Aotearoa Photo Credit / Arie Spyksma TRACKING THE RAPID EXPANSION OF CENTROSTEPHANUS Marine life in Northern Aotearoa New Zealand is under threat with the sub-tropical long-spined sea […]
PROJECTS / Project Summary Project Status: Location: Kelp is vital for ocean ecosystems to flourish, creating habitats for marine life and is hugely efficient at fixing carbon. 50% of the kelp forest on shallow reefs around Hauturu-o-Toi Little Barrier Island are now kina barrens Active restoration efforts have shown ‘resetting the system’ can accelerate kelp […]
PROJECTS / Project Summary Project Status: Location: New tool changing the way scientists survey the seafloor Engaging 3D models show what is happening underwater Better insights = better decision making Photo Credit / Paul Caiger BRINGING THE UNDERWATER REALM INTO FOCUS The work of Dr Arie Spyksma at the University of Auckland is bringing the […]
PROJECTS / Project Summary Project Status: Location: Citizen scientists surveying the seashore across Aotearoa 3D models using cutting-edge technology Collaboration tracking changes to the seashore over time Photo Credit / Joshua McCormack DIGITAL TOOL POWERS UP POPULAR CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT With rapid change being observed in marine ecosystems around Aotearoa New Zealand, connecting communities and […]
PROJECTS / Project Summary Project Status: Location: Deficiencies in data are making protection difficult Public sightings are providing vital information 650+ manta sightings reported in New Zealand waters TE WHAI RAHI OCEANIC MANTA RAYS With powerful wingspans of up to seven metres wide, these ocean wanderers don’t let their enormous two-tonne frame weigh them down, […]
PROJECTS / Project Summary Project Status: Funding Status: Location: Restoring native climate-resilient kelp in Lyttelton Harbour Collaboration between science, iwi, sport and conservation Kelp plays a vital role in a healthy marine ecosystem Photo Credit / John Kottier DEVELOPING CLIMATE RESILIENT KELP IN WHAKARAUPŌ LYTTELTON In the South Island, kelp forests face different challenges than in the […]
PROJECTS / Project Summary Project Status: Location: One of New Zealand’s greatest conservation success stories Southern right whales are now facing a new threat – the changing climate Research from the the world’s first global circumpolar study is being use to aid decison making and policy Photo Credit / Richard Robinson The Southern Right Whale […]
PROJECTS / Project Summary Project Status: Location: Kelp reefs in Hauraki Gulf = est. $8million in carbon storage Kelp forests provide important stores of carbon Investigating the long-term fate of carbon fixed by kelp Photo Credit / Josie Mason IS KELP CLIMATE’SNEXT SUPERHERO? It’s possible the ocean’s kelp forests have unrealised potential which could prove […]
PROJECTS / Project Summary Project Status: Location: They’re on the fast track to extinction – 2,300 of these birds are being lost each year. Their #1 threat is seabird bycatch through surface long-line fishing. These deaths are preventable through the use of ‘3 out of 3’ proven mitigation techniques, including setting fishing lines at night, adding […]