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Policy Brief: How Thinking Like A Forest Can Build Climate Resilience Throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.

By Pure Advantage 20th of August 2025

    Climate change is influencing increasingly impactful and extreme weather events here in Aotearoa New Zealand. However, our current system for tackling carbon emissions is working against biodiversity restoration…

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Why Aotearoa New Zealand urgently needs a national climate change resilience plan

By Emeritus Prof. David Norton 1st of August 2025

With extreme weather events on the rise, our future resilience depends on how we're covering the land. Navigate to the next section Ongoing extreme weather events around New Zealand are...
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Vast national restoration project must start locally

By Emeritus Prof. David Norton 13th of September 2024

Catchment groups are essential to Recloaking Papatūānuku, an ambitious initiative to restore 2 million hectares of native forest and wetlands. Navigate to the next section Catchment groups have been incredibly...
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The ungulate dilemma facing Recloaking Papatūānuku

By Emeritus Prof. David Norton 29th of August 2024

Feral ungulates (primarily deer, goats and pigs) are more abundant in Aotearoa today than they have been for many decades, or in some areas, ever. Ask a hill country farmer...
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What will Recloaking Papatūānuku look like on the ground?

By Emeritus Prof. David Norton 18th of July 2024

Recloaking Papatūānuku is an ambitious initiative developed by Pure Advantage that aims to plant and restore 2 million ha of native forests and wetlands over the next few decades. Recloaking...
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Ten asks from the Government to enable progress on Recloaking Papatūānuku

By Pure Advantage 11th of July 2024

In their recently released climate strategy, the Government signalled their support of Nature-based Solutions (NbS). While the Government is keen to see the private sector design and implement Nature-based solutions,...
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An obscure climate accounting decision with billion-dollar consequences

By Rob Morrison 29th of April 2024

In a London meeting room recently, the International Accounting Standards Board decided that corporate climate targets are not just about sustainability: they can create direct financial consequences for companies’ balance...
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