Date/Time
Date(s) - Mon 20 March
19:00
Location
M101, Murphy Building, VUW
Speaker: Matt McGlone, Research Associate, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, Lincoln. In 2004, the New Zealand Department of Conservation set up a joint DOC – Manaaki Whenua – Landcare group to explore the options for a national level monitoring scheme. Proposals from this group led to establishment of a comprehensive Biodiversity Assessment Framework underpinned by a Biodiversity Monitoring and Reporting System. This was not an easy task, and it was ten years before the system was fully operational. In this talk Matt will discuss the overall rationale and structure of the Biodiversity Assessment Framework, and its progress to date. He will also reflect on the struggles to get the monitoring system operational and the challenges it faces. Monitoring systems are liable to fall over through neglect, deliberate defunding and obsolescence. Much needs to be done to keep the framework alive, relevant and expanding.
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