Overseas program(s):
New Zealand Spring 2018
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Science survey: Under the Mistletoe - Survey of mistletoe (Loranthaceae) abundance surrounding Lake Rotoiti’s southern beech forests Ariel Moyal March 17th, 2018 Abstract: In New Zealand, mistletoe is an ecologically important endemic species, threatened by native bird loss and damaging possum browsing. In this study we were interested in the effect of possum-control on the abundance of the three species […]
Science, Technology, and Society Reflective Journals - Date Class 2/13 Class: Matauranga Maori 2/14 Class: Clean Water Myth 2/15 Climate Change and New Zealand’s Future 2/16 New Zealand’s role in the IPCC 3/12 Science communication and psychological biases 3/13 Environmental History 3/14 Art-Science collaborations and Climate Change 3/15 Creative Science Writing 2/13 Mātauranga- Maori & Core Maori concepts What struck me […]
A Land Without Teeth, Handed an Arsenal - For our conservation class we put ourselves in the shoes of conservation managers, dealing with the unique challenges of New Zealand’s conservation: “Poison rains from the sky, animals are sprawled across the landscape, dead from no ostensible outward causes. This picture rings dystopian- it is one of ecological devastation, and governmental harshness. It is not […]
Researching Down Under - I am currently working on gathering context and a deeper understanding of New Zealand’s indigenous land rights and management systems before I head over to that side of the world (in t-minus 2 months!). Here is the compilation of this semester’s research.