There is a field: Reimagining Biodiversity in Aotearoa
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. – Rumi. 13th Century Mystic Poet We are in a moment of existential peril, with…
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Whose Biodiversity is it Anyway?
The DOC-led draft Biodiversity Strategy seeks a “shared vision.” But there are more values and views around wildlife than there are species. How can we hope to agree on the…
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Kaitiakitanga: seeing nature as your elder
Image: Pīngao glows orange in the late sun at West Ruggedy beach, Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island, New Zealand. Photo: Dave Hansford/Origin Natural History Media As often as she can,…
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Community Conservation: A solution to the biodiversity crisis?
Header Image: Tuatara. Photo: Cameron Houston, DOC. Four thousand and sixteen species. That is the staggering number of Aoteaora’s species currently threatened or at risk of extinction. It’s also the…
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Hope For Nature: A New Deal For The Commons
Feature Image: Banksy (title unknown). “The top environmental problems are selfishness greed and apathy… and to deal with those we need a spiritual and cultural transformation – and we scientists…
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Wāhine Hōiho
Celebrating Sylvia Durrant – A New Zealand Conservation Legend A Visual Ethnography by Todd Henry. Until recently, 85-year-old Sylvia Durrant spent virtually every waking hour of her day caring for…
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