PRESENTATION: Changing governance systems

Changing governance systems: Biodiversity Instruments Launch - Melanie Mark Shadbolt

March 2021

Abstract

Melanie Mark Shadbolt, Kaihautū Ngātahi for the Bioheritage National Science Challenge discusses the importance of changing governance and funding systems at the launch in Wellington.

The Bioheritage National Science Challenge and the Adaptive Governance & Policy Team (S07) commissioned Climate Innovation Lab to idenitfy the potential for innovative finance and funding mechanisms to support biodiversity protection and co-governance under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

The report identifies and discusses a range of opportunities for climate focused investments and complementary policies that preserve, support and expand Aotearoa New Zealand's unique biological heritage.