Join environmental education facilitator and communicator Dr Maureen Howard as she visits with local champions and enthusiasts in the movement to increase biodi...
Rewilding In Action - 10 - Farming and Wildlife - A No Brainer
In this episode of Rewilding in Action, host Maureen Howard is back on Otago Peninsula again to meet with Paula Cross who along with her husband Brendan farm 880 ha of the predominantly steep hill country they own and lease there. Join me to find out from my guest what it’s like to combine rewilding native forest with farming, how cutting back Muehlenbeckia australis in the native forest has impacted it, and why we might want to keep some of the non-native trees and shrubs until the native forest gets established.
This episode is kindly sponsored by The OPERA (www.theopera.co.nz).
This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz
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Rewilding In Action - 09 - Dispatching Pest Plants
SWAT (Seek Weeds and Terminate) comprise around 10 volunteers who visit properties across the Otago Peninsula to dispatch pest plants from native forest remnants. In this episode I join them on their mission to remove Banana Passion Fruit from the native forest of a QEII covenanted property. How does the SWAT Team help rewilding native forest remnants? What species do they target and why? And how do they stay so enthusiastic? Join me and my guests Fran Hammond, Moira Parker, Fiona Morrison and Adrienne Mulqueen. This episode is sponsored by The Opera (www.theopera.co.nz)
This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz
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Rewilding In Action - 08 - Healthy Rivers Flood
Should we rewild rivers - when floods can bring damage to property and sometimes loss of life? In this episode I chat with my guest river scientist Professor Gary Brierley about the importance of seeing rivers as dynamic entities within the landscape, rather than water channels to manage. We discuss how we can live well with our water catchments - from those that feed our magnificent glacier fed rivers to those that supply the streams on our properties.
This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz
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Rewilding In Action - 07 - Knocking Back the Grass
Rewilding and herbicides aren't seen as natural bedfellows. However botanist Associate Professor Janice Lord has found that using a grass-specific herbicide in certain places on dense grass has helped to kick-start natural native forest regeneration. In this episode I visit Janice on her north-facing coastal farm at Kuri Bush south of Dunedin City where she and her partner are rewilding a forest gully and streams. Join Janice as she shares her knowledge about the rare plants popping up, as well as her excitement about the re-gravelling of the stream bed after the October flood.
This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz
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Rewilding In Action - 06 - Rewilding in Aotearoa New Zealand
The purpose of Rewilding is to enrich the biodiversity of degraded ecosystems. But what exactly is Rewilding and how does it differ from other biodiversity recovery approaches? In this episode I chat with reintroduction biologist Professor Phil Seddon from Otago University who has examined the Rewilding approach in depth through his academic research. We discuss what makes Rewilding different and how it can contribute to our goals to restore biodiversity in Aotearoa New Zealand.
This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - http://oar.org.nz
Join environmental education facilitator and communicator Dr Maureen Howard as she visits with local champions and enthusiasts in the movement to increase biodiversity by restoring natural processes and allowing nature to lead the way.
Learn about their hands-on work, and explore the thinking behind nature-led regeneration.
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