Date/Time
Date(s) - Mon 4 December
11:00
Many people are taking action to improve freshwater quality through activities such as stream fencing and planting, wetland restoration, and changes in farming practices. It is important to understand whether these actions are successful in improving the health of our freshwater systems.
This research has developed an interactive WebApp to help detect improvements in rivers, lakes and groundwater, and to help select appropriate monitoring technologies that enable early detection of improvement. The research explores which monitoring designs best facilitate a te ao Māori-framed approach to detecting the effects of whenua-based mitigation actions on wai Māori.
These WebApp tools will help freshwater stewards and kaitiaki decide what to measure, where, when, with what technology, and understand how much it will cost.
Over time, these monitoring programmes will provide information on successes and failures of past actions, helping prioritise the most effective actions to improve freshwater quality, so our rivers more quickly return to good health.
The WebApp provides new tools and resources to decide what to measure, where, when, with what technology, and how much it will cost. It is supported by open-source code and is freely available.
Visit www.monitoringfreshwater.co.nz to access the WebApp and resources from the Monitoring Freshwater Improvement Actions project.
This webinar will give an outline of the research programme, and how to use the WebApp.
Speakers:
Olivier Ausseil – Principal Scientist, Traverse Environmental
Matt Highway – Director, Element Environmental
Maree Patterson – Senior Scientist – Water Quality, Horizons Regional Council