News snippets
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Vegetation history of Tawhiti Rahi helps to inform management of degraded offshore islands
25 Sep 13
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Conservation palaeoecology is increasingly being recognised as a tool that can help to inform both restoration and conservation of island reserves by providing prehuman vegetation baselines.
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Janine Duckworth and colleagues are investigating the potential problems caused by benign calicivirus, a project associated with the Invasive Animals CRC
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Investigating wasp biocontrol
23 Jul 13
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A community-based group has been formed to investigate a new European wasp biocontrol programme
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Landcare Research is conducting a survey on the future of primary industry in NZ, in conjunction with UMR research.
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Two important science announcements
20 May 13
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The Productive Land Innovation Hub and the National Science Challenges have both been announced recently. These represent a major opportunity for science, scientists and users of science.
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Landcare Research has welcomed the government’s announcement of ten areas for special focus and additional funding as New Zealand's National Science Challenges
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UMR Research is to undertake a survey on behalf of Landcare Research.
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Dr David Whitehead, Landcare Research’s Chief Scientist, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
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Land resources training
1 Oct 12
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The National Land Resources Centre is conducting a short survey of the types of training / professional development in the land resources field that you currently access, or which would be of value to you.
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Kew Fungarium records now available through NZFungi