Environment
Alternative labels
Natural environment
Report
Averting extinctions: the case for strengthening Australia’s threat abatement system
This report by five national conservation groups warns that Australia faces an avalanche of imminent extinctions requiring policy and regulatory responses and restoration programs which strengthen the threat abatement system.
Report
Aotearoa New Zealand climate change projections guidance: interpreting the latest IPCC WG1 report findings
This report distils and interprets information relevant to Aotearoa New Zealand from the Working Group 1 (WG1) contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) titled ‘The Physical Science Basis’, published in August 2021.
Report
Environment Aotearoa 2022
This triennial report synthesises the evidence base on the state of the environment contained in domain reports since 'Environment Aotearoa 2019'. The report does not suggest any response, as it is out of scope under the report’s governing legislation.
Literature review
The digitalisation of agriculture: a literature review and emerging policy issues
The quantity and quality of digital technologies available to farmers have advanced considerably since the 1990s. This paper argues that policy-makers need to address the removal of specific barriers to farmers’ adoption of digital technologies, while ensuring both enabling infrastructure and appropriate incentives exist upstream in markets for digital innovation.
Discussion paper
Aboriginal community governance on the frontlines and faultlines in the Black Summer bushfires
This paper examines the experiences of Aboriginal people and communities during the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires, capturing their stories and unique impacts. The author also explores the response by Aboriginal communities and organisations to reveal how these community and cultural governing institutions rallied to support communities and protect Country.