Date: |
04 May 2023, 11.00AM – 12.00PM |
duration: |
1 hr |
Location: |
Online |
Cost: |
Free event |
New Zealand’s rivers provide crucial breeding habitat for a number of threatened bird species, many of which are found nowhere else on earth. In this webinar we will introduce you to some of the unique bird species that call our rivers home and discuss both the positive and negative impacts that river management activities can have on these species. We will present examples of initiatives being undertaken around the country to maintain or improve river bird habitats in the context of flood mitigation or gravel extraction activities, and will discuss additional work that could be carried out in the future to further improve on these efforts.
Nikki McArthur is an independent ecologist specialising in the conservation management of New Zealand birds and their habitats. Nikki has spent over a decade monitoring shorebird populations throughout the country, and has spent a number of years working with regional councils and the gravel extraction industry to improve the management of shorebirds breeding on rivers in the Hawke’s Bay, Wellington and Canterbury regions.
The Rivers Group will be hosting the River Ecology series, boasting a variety of topics and presenters throughout the month of May. This programme is sponsored by Regional Councils River Managers Special Interest Group and Te Uru Kahika and Kanoa.
New Zealand’s rivers provide crucial breeding habitat for a number of threatened bird species, many of which are found nowhere else on earth. In this webinar we will introduce you to some of the unique bird species that call our rivers home and discuss both the positive and negative impacts that river management activities can have on these species. We will present examples of initiatives being undertaken around the country to maintain or improve river bird habitats in the context of flood mitigation or gravel extraction activities, and will discuss additional work that could be carried out in the future to further improve on these efforts.
Nikki McArthur is an independent ecologist specialising in the conservation management of New Zealand birds and their habitats. Nikki has spent over a decade monitoring shorebird populations throughout the country, and has spent a number of years working with regional councils and the gravel extraction industry to improve the management of shorebirds breeding on rivers in the Hawke’s Bay, Wellington and Canterbury regions.
