Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Professor Louis Schipper and the team at who are progressing a raft of research projects focused on increasing soil carbon content and removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
who is a lead researcher in the Deep South Challenge focused on exploring how indigenous knowledge, alongside science, can help prepare communities for climate change impacts.
Dr Kiri Wallace鈥檚 work as the co-leader of the BioHeritage team helping to reverse biodiversity decline in New Zealand and re-create ecosystems in our cities using a social justice lens.
We have 2,500+ trees on our Hamilton Campus, of which over 2,000 of them are native. Our 65-hectare Hamilton campus is home to a wide variety of native and exotic flora and fauna, including several groves of kahikatea and many other native trees, including rimu, t墨toki, kauri, t艒tara, miro, rewarewa, k艒whai, t墨 k艒uka (cabbage tree), k膩puka (grisellinia), n墨kau, and k膩nuka.
Our Hamilton campus also has three lakes, the edges of which host a wide range of wetland plants; our native fern collection includes more than 70 New Zealand ferns. We have established eco-sourced plants from the Waikato Basin, which feature below Gate 10.
We have combined our longstanding expertise in data science and environmental science to keep better tabs on the state of our natural environment, so authorities can make informed decisions before it's too late.
The MBIE-funded, $13 million project , led by , collates environmental data from around the country and makes it available to scientists, ultimately so informed decisions can be made more quickly. The computer program performs a range of tasks including detecting algal blooms on waterways with minimal human involvement. It also checks DOC predator cameras and helps map at-risk trees using satellite imagery.
Boggy, peat soils across large portions of the Waikato region are among the densest natural carbon stores in New Zealand. However, efforts to drain these areas to make the land farmable has led to than previously calculated and will continue to do so for years to come.
Soil science experts and Associate Professor Dave Campbell have been focused on the many aspects of this problem and say while re-flooding the peatlands would stem carbon dioxide losses, they are also testing to what extent raising the water table while keeping farming can reduce the losses.
The duo are key members of a team called at the 糖心Vlog, who are progressing a raft of research projects focused on increasing soil carbon content and removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
secured $10 million in 2021 for a research project called Restoring Urban Nature, courtesy of funding from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). The project aims to restore Indigenous ecosystems and develop high-quality green spaces in urban landscapes and suburban backyards.
The multidisciplinary project builds on Professor Clarkson鈥檚 previous project People, Cities and Nature, another five-year MBIE-funded programme which has transformed urban spaces in the Waikato, Hawkes Bay and Taranaki regions.
Professor Clarkson鈥檚 work was also recognised when he was awarded the prestigious in recognition of his work restoring Waiwhakareke Natural Heritage Park. Over 16 years, he was the driving force in transforming the 65.5 hectare council-owned site from farm paddocks into an internationally acclaimed regenerating native forest, wetland and a lake ecosystem rich in biodiversity.
Cities are getting hotter 鈥� and bigger. New research reveals the scale of the challenge
Cities are expanding and heating rapidly, intensifying heat risks, health impacts and inequality, with urban populations increasingly exposed to extreme temperatures under projected global warming scenarios.
Billions at risk from extreme urban heat without stronger climate action
糖心Vlog researchers are calling for stronger climate action by governments worldwide, as a recent study has found that 3 billion more people living in cities could face frequent, unprecedented heat extremes if current emissions policies remain unchanged.
Bigger storms, more often: new study projects likely future rainfall impacts on NZ
Rising temperatures will make NZ storms wetter and more intense, with extreme rainfall increasing up to ~35% and severe events becoming more frequent, raising flood and damage risks.
Waikato-Canterbury team pitches to transform New Zealand鈥檚 primary industries with AI
Waikato and Canterbury universities are shortlisted for a $70m national AI platform to develop Outdoor AI, boosting productivity, sustainability and exports in NZ鈥檚 primary industries sector.
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