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Rebuilding Healthy Rivers

Tranche1: Project 3.4

Researchers are using freshwater systems as a model to test how degraded ecosystems can be resistant to disruptions – including those that aim to restore them.

By investigating and understanding what attributes make freshwater ecosystems “unhealthy”, place-based trials can be designed to target undesired species. They can also be tailored to restore processes and support attributes that would nurture desired species, for example taonga (treasured) and mahinga kai (food-gathering source) species. In this way, the project is informs a more holistic approach to freshwater restoration.

Project Leaders

  • Helen Warburton, University of Canterbury

  • Catherine Febria, University of Canterbury

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Last Updated August 5, 2024, 17:33 (NZST)
Created July 15, 2024, 11:43 (NZST)