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Inspire Session

Hybrid Session

Session: : Using Ecology to Future-proof Invasive Plant Management

INS 8-4 - Seeking practical improvement to New Zealand's weed management system by enhancing researcher - manager interactions

Tuesday, August 8, 2023
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
Location: 251

    Presenting Author(s)

  • AB

    Angela J. Brandt

    Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, New Zealand

    • Co-author(s)

  • AH

    Anna Hooper

    New Zealand Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, New Zealand

  • JN

    James Newman

    New Zealand Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

  • GL

    Geoffroy Lamarche

    New Zealand Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

Following the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s review of New Zealand’s weed management system, researchers, practitioners, and decision-makers agreed improvements were needed. However, challenges inhibited individual organisations from implementing the report’s recommendations. We convened a workshop to focus on short- to medium-term actions around two themes: improving information management and tackling emerging weeds. Participants identified step-change solutions and committed to follow-up actions to make progress. The workshop enabled decision-makers to hear practitioners’ shared needs and researchers’ advice on feasibility of solutions. Connecting all parties has produced a shift in perception of the review’s recommendations from ‘too challenging’ to ‘an opportunity’.