"“The population may be getting younger because individuals born after 2008, the year a marine sanctuary was introduced off the west coast of the North Island, have better chances of survival, since they are less likely to be accidentally caught in fishing nets,” suggests Professor Rochelle Constantine."

#Conservation #MarineEcology #MauiDolphins

SunLive - Good news for world’s rarest dolphin? - The Bay's News First

https://sunlive.co.nz/news/328255-good-news-for-world---s-rarest-dolphin-.html

nostr:npub13wpw3xu2ajcz3u24uencck259dv8at6up0fj0kdywh0p4q3xg77q0s6phd Ha oh wow hadn't seen that one!

What a dickhead.

Encouraging people to learn Te Reo and basic history is not political.

Auckland councillor complains about pro-Māori posters encouraging use of Te Reo in the workplace | Stuff.co.nz

https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/132976903/auckland-councillor-complains-about-promori-posters-encouraging-use-of-te-reo-in-the-workplace

nostr:npub1960z0nc86uslt8slp4lfx3f7f8ez4ldskrw3du3fe8a8n0ulr5vs5asq99 It's incredible.

I didn't like it when I first heard it too.

Reckoner has a special meaning for me for a particular group at new years, one of whom passed away a few years later.

nostr:npub1rnjw5kg7a9qqjsjcplq799ggndpsnmkhcte3y4k2frhrhk3hdsfs3x3uwx Sheperds Reign (New Zealand/Samoan) https://youtu.be/qgVB7ZaRdAs?si=mUZ5svS_S0obaX94

nostr:npub1ghg6vg383an4kjyhm70nvpu6asrhjann92wy6yvp30vpp25xalmqc4y74f nostr:npub1trdnqrfstufc45awha43p6xy2n0v6czuhapzh4r09hap08dg0c6s9gussx Ah interesting.

nostr:npub1hykucplphuhelaxutcw4jw3vuu7gcg42czhqmk7jhchs8vdga4fsj73p33 I always enjoy Cory's writing, but I don't think the way he's written about black spruce is entirely accurate.

I'm a restoration ecologist with no first hand experience in this particular ecosystem, but here's a bit of what I've read matched with experience in other forest restoration projects.

"Black spruce dominates most spruce-fir ecosystems of boreal North America."

Basically, it's exactly what you should be planting in these areas after logging.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/database/feis/plants/tree/picmar/all.html

Drug addiction is a mental health issue. Punishing people for struggling with their mental health is abhorrent.

"Drug addicts will face the prospect of losing their benefit if they refuse treatment or don't make efforts to find work, the ACT Party leader says."

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/498064/act-leader-david-seymour-wants-to-see-more-drug-addicts-sickness-beneficiaries-rejoin-workforce#:~:text=ACT%20says%204100%20people%20receive,for%20more%20than%20six%20years.

Lax dog and cat breeding laws just means a lot more dead cats, dogs and wildlife.

Great that SPCA is taking a science led approach now as we lost decades of progress from their previous stance.

"Auckland Council said a lack of de-sexing during Covid and irresponsible owners has caused an explosion of roaming dogs and they urgently need government support to get on top of the numbers."

Number of dogs being put down in Aucklands doubles in last year https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018906936/number-of-dogs-being-put-down-in-aucklands-doubles-in-last-year

nostr:npub158uvwepv9xgjre0qk57ql7v8qn6a0j0yaxjflaelfwefhr7d3stq78kk44 Paekākāriki Escarpment Track

nostr:npub1tdjprtq7kape7xtc383q945y3qmt9cjcqvunxzx68pakup8w5x3qv4cvf4 nostr:npub17ncsrs9w3s477cwu4ekuhw0h6nkely9lgmeakklsjjza5tq6dukshc9dam An ex colleague got reasonable survival results from aerial image analysis on a 2 year old planting a few years back. I think that was in R.

I have successfully used LIDAR to delineate emergent podocarps in QGIS. Ā great tool for finding big trees in hard to access places.

I'm really keen to see what you both come up with.

I know lots of work happening by Regional Councils to quantify indigenous vegetation cover for the NPS-IB as well.

nostr:npub1vj87ylm8hqpk7vpzkdy92hm42nyvc7t5jt3jewxtypucmwsy45es9nat8n I'm more worried about ecological weeds than invasive animals tbh. Much harder to control.

Invasive species a growing and costly threat worldwide, key report to find

https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230904-invasive-species-a-growing-and-costly-threat-worldwide-key-report-to-find

nostr:npub192urk848xy77nyu2qaazm5rrnux7nayfyjzd0xqt0zh33gjfhfcstxg0dh Some of the podcasts I listen to are over 5 hours so I fail to see the problem here. 😂

I'm sure you can find an article to read if you don't want to listen to a podcast.

I had to read this a few times to figure out the "young" person in this article is a 35 year old man.

Blindboy has a great podcast where he talks about the infantilisation of middle aged adults as a symptom of a society that has failed to provide for it's adult population compared with older generations. It's a great listen.

Taranaki judge has mercy on young repeat drink-driver dying of cancer https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/497145/taranaki-judge-has-mercy-on-young-repeat-drink-driver-dying-of-cancer

'It's gutting' - Northland conservation group on finding eight kiwi mauled to death by dogs https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018905187/it-s-gutting-northland-conservation-group-on-finding-eight-kiwi-mauled-to-death-by-dogs

This is a good read.

The Special Case of Our Smallest Dolphins

https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-special-case-of-our-smallest-dolphins/

Backsliding in the battle against pest species https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018904456/backsliding-in-the-battle-against-pest-species

nostr:npub16kz5hrwlfskv4jhxk95q6rs9x7snadvdrftlz2pf78w9zd3e87hqj73dvt "We find that colonisation for some taxa occurs rapidly, with honeybees (Apis mellifera) arriving four days after flowers had been planted. Other insect taxa, such as native bees, did not colonise the impact roof but were present on the green roof reference site, which was lower in height and planted with native plants."

This part is important. We need techniques that support indigenous biodiversity and ecosystem function, not exotic species.

"Our assessment covers the main biotic and abiotic factors which explain the probability of native tree establishment. These factors are mean annual rainfall, mean annual air temperature, proximity and composition of adjacent seed sources, landform type, slope aspect, slope, topographic exposure, and the presence of existing woody cover."

Knowing when native regeneration is for you, and what you should do about it. The Aotearoa New Zealand context | NZES

https://newzealandecology.org/nzje/3524