How might climate change affect NZ's native wildlife?

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Islands like Aotearoa New Zealand are hotspots for unique species not found anywhere else in the world, and it’s unclear how climate change may affect this biodiversity. Using the country as a case study, Kiwi researchers say they expect climate change will mostly make its mark on NZ’s flora and fauna indirectly, by worsening existing threats like invasive species. The authors say knowledge gaps in this area can at least be partly addressed by including Indigenous peoples in the co‐development of knowledge and conservation practice, and that climate change research should be folded into all conservation research.

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conference: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

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Organisation/s: University of Auckland, Te Pūnaha Matatini, University of Canterbury, Victoria University of Wellington, University of Waikato

Funder: CM‐N was funded by a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship from the Royal Society Te Apārangi (RDF‐UOA1504).

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