🌱 What does SOCIAL SCIENCE in BIOPROTECTION look like in Aotearoa? Our new research team is exploring the social-political dimensions of how we protect ecosystems, communities, and the futures we care about. 👥 Meet the team, discover our vision, and see where we’re headed next 👋🏽

Ned the snail got a dating campaign 🐌💔 … but he’s not even from Aotearoa. Meanwhile our endangered taonga the Powelliphanta augusta snail are in containers fighting for survival. From fridge to freedom — a story on how we value biodiversity, by @whenua.bsky.social + @peterkdearden.bsky.social

Her WEBINAR is TODAY! There is still time to register. @hanareiaehau.bsky.social shares her journey from urgent calls about dying trees to PROTECTING the resilience of MAIRE TAWAKE. READ her story below - JOIN her live today - catch her ON DEMAND tomorrow. bioprotection.org.nz/mad-for-micr...

BRAIDED RIVERS are more than water. Between the braids are islands of BIODIVERSITY that need PROTECTION. Some of us take these spaces for granted. Others know what’s at stake. PhD student Jazmynn Hodder-Swain shares her first BLOG POST — a reflection on responsibility and care.

Can leaf MICROBES help protect MAIRE TAWAKE from MYRTLE RUST? In our next Rangahau Rising kōrero @hanareiaehau.bsky.social shares research into the microbiome of this endangered tree and what it could mean for forest resilience in Aotearoa Wed 20 Aug | 12–1 PM | Zoom 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/25x2jwae

Professor Nick Roskruge: A lifetime of learning, growing, and giving back 🌱 and a researcher with BA. Listen to Nick's kōrero with RNZ Country Life as he shares his journey promoting Māori horticultural knowledge and championing taiao-centred approaches to soil and food. tinyurl.com/mv5cbytu

For these Pacific researchers, the ICJ’s climate ruling hits close to home. It’s about the coastlines they grew up on, the land their families still care for, and the futures they’re working to protect. Read their response 🌺 zurl.co/vNKWq

Serious about science. Even better at backing each other. Check out one of their #AppleScab projects currently underway 👇 bioprotection.org.nz/research/und...

Recognised as a changemaker, our Director, Professor Amanda Black opens a brand-new series from the Nature podcast team — and how science, Indigenous knowledge, and leadership can shape the future of our ecosystems. 🎧 Listen now: zurl.co/aV3mu

BIOPROTECTION. Sounds important — but what does it actually mean? 🤔 One of our interns grabbed a camera and started asking questions. The result? 🎥 Watch the reel. Timed nicely with #BiosecurityWeek — but entirely intern-driven curiosity. zurl.co/acfQy

Our PhD student, Friederike Espinoza speaks to the Spinoff about her research with findings from her vegetation survey in the Port Hills, discussing how smaller kānuka plots are more vulnerable to weed invasions.

They call him DR FRUIT FLY. From BBC to bumblebees to biocontrol, meet our PhD student Li Wang 👋 who is looking at the eco-evolutionary dynamics of exotic fruit flies and parasitoid wasps. 👉 zurl.co/pwQaF

You had us at wave 👋 Big mihi right back. We’re stoked to be paddling the Bluesky waka with you 💚

TODAY at 1PM NZST, our first webinar series RANGAHAU RISING, hosted by Dr Nick Waipara. Dr Sarah Inwood is bravely leading the charge, sharing her research on parasitoid wasps, exploring how viruses and microbiomes might shape the future of pest control in Aotearoa. Register now: zurl.co/EA6Wn

The moa resurrected? We have written about this before - what ecosystems are we loosing now, and who decides what's worth saving? bioprotection.org.nz/de-extinctio...

Introducing Rangahau Rising - a webinar series with our ECRs from Aotearoa and the Pacific. 🧬 What could viruses and microbes reveal about pest control? Hear how Dr Sarah Inwood is using genomics to dig deeper into the unseen world of biocontrol. 📅 Wednesday 16th July at 1.00pm 🎫 zurl.co/5v7gg

We’ve just dropped the next video in our Matariki series — this one’s about reconnection. Amanda, Meikura, and Huata reflect on what it means to reconnect as researchers and as people. 🎥 Watch here: zurl.co/J0011 #Matariki #Reconnection #ManawatiaAMatariki #BioprotectionAotearoa

🧪✨ One of our early career researchers has shared a new story, a glimpse into the world of bioprotection through her eyes. From Germany, Friederike Espinoza is doing her PhD on weeds. Quirky, curious, and endlessly enthusiastic — everything’s amazing. bioprotection.org.nz/discovering-...

Kia ora Bluesky 👋 Our first post landing during Matariki. We’re Bioprotection Aotearoa, a national research centre working to protect the living systems that sustain us. 🎥 Watch our kōrero under the stars with Amanda Black and what Matariki means to us #ManawatiaAMatariki zurl.co/A4L8T