Open SpaceTM magazine
Check out the QEII Open Space magazine, March 2010 (PDF 2.5MB)
Download March 2010 articles:
Gisborne: Fencing a water catchment
Tararua: Replacing ineffective fencing
Covenants protecting Olearia shrubland and moths dependent on Olearia shrubs
Forest fragments: Objectives of restoration and management
Kaharoa Kokako: Amplifying New Zealand's original song
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Next issue: Late July 2010
QEII partnerships with Landcare Research
QEII is involved in a research partnership with Landcare Research called Sustaining and Restoring Biodiversity, funded by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology.
Outcomes of this initiative:
Establishing mistletoes by hand on host beech trees.
Low public awareness and appreciation are significant barriers to achieving dryland conservation.
The consequences of the reduced number of tui, kereru, bellbirds (korimako) and silvereyes (tauhou) on flower pollination.
There are some simple and helpful words and concepts that make scientific sense that can help to envisage the ecological path ahead.
Developing a framework for identifying and conserving genetic diversity in threatened species such as the kaki (black stilt).
Surveying and quantifying lizard biodiversity associated with dryland ecological communities.
One of our most spectacular and distinctive native plant communities is frequently overlooked, literally.
A summary of the research partnership between QEII and Landcare Research.
The impact of rats on the activities of seabirds and the flow-on effects on ecosystems
Our shingle beaches are highly threatened by urbanisation, weeds, adjacent agriculture and introduced animals.
Monitoring the effectiveness of wetland restoration.
Find out more about this collaborative research initiative ...
QEII also has a partnership with Landcare Research in the programme called Forest Remnant Resilience, funded by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology.
Outcomes of this initiative:
Fencing enables even small and long-grazed kahikatea remnants to restore themselves.
Maximising the biodiversity values of forest fragments requires both fencing and pest control.
There are some simple and helpful words and concepts that make scientific sense that can help to envisage the ecological path ahead.
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What's New
- Sir Brian Lochore thanks Nelson and Tasman covenantors
- 2010 QEII Athol Patterson Bursary awarded
- Landcare Research - your input requested on pest management
- New brochure: Protecting wetlands with QEII covenants
- Carbon credits
Kiwi at Tui Glen

Looking after kiwi at Tui Glen farm near Whangarei.
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Brochures
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Frequently asked questions about open space covenants |
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Assisting landowners to protect special features on their land Download PDF, 222KB |
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QEII covenants: Protecting and enhancing wetlands on private land |





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