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@hankgreen Musk gets arrested for something. Hard to know what at this stage, there is so much to choose from.
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Andy McKay
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I work as an applied ecologist, running the biodiversity programme for our local District Council/Municipality.
#iNaturalist: https://inaturalist.nz/people/andymckay
I've hosted the Paekākāriki #Punk Show since 2016: https://www.mixcloud.com/paekakpunkshow/
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Sigh.
Concern as carbon offset partnership plants pines in biodiversity hotspots | Stuff.co.nz
https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/133063759/concern-as-carbon-offset-partnership-plants-pines-in-biodiversity-hotspots
The anti-science government.
Scientists' letter calls for freshwater protections to remain https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/504968/scientists-letter-calls-for-freshwater-protections-to-remain
A 3D Printer is helping save New Zealand’s endangered native fish | NIWA
https://niwa.co.nz/news/a-3d-printer-is-helping-save-new-zealands-endangered-native-fish
“The step-change in 2023 is that New Zealand no longer presents only significant earthquake risk, but also significant weather risk to reinsurers,” Suncorp said in a submission, published this month, to Parliament’s inquiry into how the country is set to adapt to climate change."
Home insurance will become more expensive, more limited, and harder to get, Suncorp warns | The Post
https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/350168807/home-insurance-will-become-more-expensive-more-limited-and-harder-get#cxrecs_s
We need to stop suggesting signs as a solution for everything and actually fucking train people.
Better warning signs needed at Taieri Mouth, coroner says after capsizing death https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/510227/better-warning-signs-needed-at-taieri-mouth-coroner-says-after-capsizing-death
Silvia Pinca: Rewilding pine forest into native bush | RNZ
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/the-weekend/audio/2018922785/silvia-pinca-rewilding-pine-forest-into-native-bush
Predator control brings female South Island kākā on a par with males https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/502867/predator-control-brings-female-south-island-kaka-on-a-par-with-males
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@dhobern I think we want to keep big corporates out of biodiversity initiatives as much as possible.
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@dhobern We have a local example of that here. A consultant to a mining company calculated 50 million Archey's frogs when only 5000 were known previously. Thankfully checks and balances exist to ensure single sources of information don't normally hold too much weight when it comes to decision making. https://i.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/129275083/50-million-or-5000-rare-frog-count-latest-front-in-coromandel-mining-war#:~:text=Rare%20frog%20count%20latest%20front%20in%20Coromandel%20mining%20war,-Sharnae%20Hope05&text=There%20were%20thought%20to%20be,are%20more%20than%2050%20million
I would love to know the genesis of these projects but I suspect they never involved a qualified restoration ecologist.
Ill-judged tree planting in Africa threatens ecosystems, scientists warn | Trees and forests | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/15/ill-judged-tree-planting-africa-threatens-ecosystems-scientists-warn
The crib owner said the situation was “not affecting me just yet, but it will”.
“I'm not moving. It's bloody paradise here. We have got fishing, whitebaiting, deer stalking, paua, crayfish and cold beer in the fridge.”
Homes under threat as land falls into the sea | Stuff
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350172508/state-emergency-bluecliffs-homes-under-threat-sea
Mt Messenger Bypass: Transport Minister unhappy with annual $750k pest control bill
Four-wheel-drivers asked to avoid Waimakariri riverbed on Crate Day to protect endangered birds - NZ Herald
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/four-wheel-drivers-asked-to-avoid-waimakariri-riverbed-on-crate-day-to-protect-endangered-birds/2YJZ2A7VIZH7HBXZLUWCD6EJ5A/
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@joncounts @dhobern I think it's less likely that someone would do it to achieve a financial benefit, I think someone would do it just because they could. Like all the fraudulent voting with the Bird of the Year competition. No one benefits from that, its just messing with something for the sake of it.
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@dhobern That's an interesting thought.
A few months ago I tweeted about how iNaturalist observations were being used by ecologists in lots of development consent applications now, which led to this story (they asked to interview me but I declined).
I'm not sure though how fake data would be helpful for bad actors in these examples though. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018857793/using-inaturalist-community-to-keep-an-eye-on-urban-sprawl
Crime pays.
Greater Wellington Regional Council abandons Transmission Gully prosecution - NZ Herald
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/greater-wellington-regional-council-abandons-transmission-gully-prosecution/NCSPCBN6LRHC5OMW5JHNHYFUPU/
Andrea Vance's weird obsession with Tory Whanau and the Wellington Greens continues.
"Perhaps the best opportunity comes with the proposed sale of the council’s assets - particularly a 34% holding in the city’s airport. In 2022 the Wellington Greens ran on a platform that included no assets sales, and specifically the airport. It has no mandate for a sell-off."
"The strongest arguments available to Labour are that the public hasn’t asked for the sale."
https://www.thepost.co.nz/a/politics/350113306/win-back-wellington-labours-going-have-go-war-greens