Rewilding In Action

Most trees grow much better when they are able to associate with mycorrhizal fungi. Native beech in particular are unable to live without certain species of ectomycorrhizal fungi. Is it a job we are wise to leave to the processes of natural succession? In this episode of Rewilding in Action, my guests Professor David Orlovich, Associate Professor Matt Larcombe and Dr Andy Nilsen from Otago University’s botany department take me, Maureen Howard, on a mini-adventure in Bethunes Gully in Dunedin to find a small remnant of original tawhai silver beech, also known as Nothofagus menziesii.

In addition to finding these beautiful trees, we talk about mycorrhizal fungi and how important they are in natural succession: in the successful transition from kānuka (Kunzea) and mānuka (Leptospermum) to native beech.

Many thanks to RIBBONWOOD NURSERIES (www.ribbonwoodnurseries.co.nz) for kindly sponsoring this episode along with OAR FM for airing it.

This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

In this episode of Rewilding In Action, Maureen Howard is on the Otago Peninsula to talk to Shaun and Helen Murphy, a couple who are rewilding their property to help their very special populations of invertebrates thrive.

What invertebrate species are living there? And what do they do to protect the invertebrates? Keep listening. You may never squish a bug again!

Many thanks to RIBBONWOOD NURSERIES (www.ribbonwoodnurseries.co.nz) for kindly sponsoring this episode along with OAR FM for airing it.

This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

How important is ongoing monitoring in rewilding? Should we be aiming to preserve nature to an historical biodiversity target? And, how can humans be part of a rewilded world?

In this episode of Rewilding in Action (which follows on from Episode 35), Maureen Howard continues her deep dive with Professor Steve Carver from the University of Leeds into the IUCN’s five rewilding guidelines, as well as what distinguishes passive rewilding from other types of rewilding.

This episode contains the song of the European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) recorded by Paul Driver in Hertsfordshire, England, XC70124. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/70124.

Many thanks to RIBBONWOOD NURSERIES (www.ribbonwoodnurseries.co.nz) for kindly sponsoring this episode and many thanks to OAR FM for airing it.

This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

In this episode of Rewilding in Action, guest host Jon Bakos takes the mic and talks to Maureen Howard about some of the restoration activities happening at Dalmore Reserve, an urban piece of council owned land in Dunedin that’s being cared for by the community group Wild Dalmore Reserve for the last six years. What does the group do and in particular what techniques are they using to tackle the weeds there that don’t involve chemicals? Many thanks to Ribbonwood Nurseries for kindly sponsoring this episode (www.ribbonwoodnurseries.co.nz).

This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz

Rewilding is catching on but do we really know what it is? Join me, Maureen Howard as I chat with Professor Steve Carver from the University of Leeds about rewilding definitions and the first two of the IUCN CEM’s five rewilding guidelines that he and his team developed. Some of the things we talk about are - What does allowing nature to lead mean? And why is it so important that rewilding happens at a large landscape scale?

Many thanks to TASTE NATURE for kindly sponsoring this episode (www.tastenature.co.nz).

This episode contains the song of song thrush recorded by David Darrell-Lambert at Queens Wood, Greater London, XC1132946. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/1132946.

This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz