Jeff Silby

Recent analysis of #naturebasedsolutions by @AUTuni investigator @dvdjhnhll featured on @preventionweb @UNDRR preventionweb.net/news/view/77492 @AUT_Living_Labs supports investment into ecosystem restoration to enhance the resilience & disaster reduction.

We need to pay careful attention to the contents of the sweep net, these are a little smaller than expected! Sweep Netting is part of our invertebrate sampling at the Pourewa Living Labs site Ōrākei with @NWOrakei. @AutScience @autresearch @autresearch @Lanipai @ALCESonline

Sampling invertebrates at the Pourewa Living Labs site Ōrākei, Auckland. AUT Science students Toya and Dani set up pitfall traps within 9,000 planted native trees. We want to see how invertebrate communities change as the forest is restored. @AutScience @AUTuni

We have certainly had more rain this summer! AUT student Talia is impressed by the growth of this Makomako (wineberry) compared to Dec 2020. We are measuring some of 14,000 trees planted at Te Muri Regional Park as part of the AUT Living Laboratories Project. @AUTuni @AutScience

@dvdjhnhll Mt Manaia?

It’ll be great to see this land in forest again, recloaked and repaired. 🌳

While you can't go for a Sunday drive just yet, you can check out our new Living Labs site thanks to our GIS whiz! bit.ly/2yIL4kY The shaded green area will be wetland and everything inside the yellow line will be native vegetation - 4.2ha of it 🌱🌿🌳 @AUT_Living_Labs

Kikuyu grass, ferns, feral cats and more . . . our March newsletter is online now! Take a break from the other news, check it out: bit.ly/2WTLH5k @AUT_Living_Labs @AutScience @BioHeritageNZ @UCNZscience @AgResearchNEWS @NWOrakei #farming #biodiversity #youcanhaveboth

AUT Science’s Living Labs is finding ways to bring back the native forest in New Zealand. 🌱 🌳 🌲 It sits under the UN SDG Goal, Life on Land which aims to reduce poverty. AUT is committed to the SDG's through research and practice. #SDGGoals #AUTResearch #autuni

For our Living Laboratory experiments we're measuring, well, just about everything! Project manager Jeff Silby took us on a tour of the first site to explain a little bit more: youtube.com/watch?v=zLhe_6… #restoration #NZnative #ecology #1BT @AUT_Living_Labs @AutScience @NWOrakei

Check out this piece about the 1 billion trees initiative by @CaseKiwadian @AutScience @AUTuni

Summer is here & tree planting is done. But our saplings need to be freed from kikuyu, an exotic weed that colonises the site. Randwick Park School to the rescue!! @AUT_Living_Labs is putting action into education, learning by looking after the landscapes around them. 🌏👼🌱

⁦@AUT_Living_Labs⁩ in virtual reality! Jeff explores Pourewa Creek in Minecraft VR #armchairecology

Our July newsletter is out now! Check it out for updates on our Living Lab project, Farming w Biodiversity website, phone survey results & videos from @BioHeritageNZ's #CA2 conference: bit.ly/2XJ0Siq #farming #biodiversity #youcanhaveboth @nz_farmers @FarmersWeeklyNZ