Aquatic Environment and Biodiversity Annual Review 2012

MPI Research
(current)
NZ Research and
associated
initiatives (current)
Links to Fisheries
2030 and MPI’s
Our Strategy 2030
Related
chapters/issues
AEBAR 2012: Marine Biodiversity
are emerging requirements for signatories (including New Zealand) to
the CBD Aichi-Nagoya Agreement 2010
• Geo-engineering methods including ocean fertilisation continues to be
advocated in some areas of international climate change mitigation
• Meeting New Zealand responsibilities participate in international data
collection programmes, e.g., IMOS, SOCPR ARGO, BIO-ARGO,
55 biodiversity projects commissioned over the period 2000-12; Currently in
4th year of a 5 year programme to address seven science objectives in the
Biodiversity Programme: 1 characterisation and description; 2 ecosystem
scale biodiversity; 3 functional role of biodiversity; 4 genetics; 5 ocean
climate effects; 6 indicators; 7 threats to biodiversity. MPI biodiversity
research has strong synergies with marine research funded by MPI Aquatic
and Environment Working Group (AEWG), Ministry of Business Innovation
and Employment (MBIE), Department of Conservation (DOC), Land
Information New Zealand (LINZ), other sections within the Ministry for
Primary Industries (MPI), Ministry for the Environment (MfE),Statistics New
Zealand (Stats NZ), Te Papa and Crown Research Institutes
Research programmes and database initiatives on Marine Biodiversity are run
at University of Auckland (World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS),
marine reserves, rocky reef ecology, Ross Sea meroplankton, genetics);
Auckland University of Technology, University of Waikato (soft sediment
functional ecology and biodiversity), Victoria University of Wellington
(monitoring marine reserves, population genetics), University of Canterbury
(intertidal and subtidal ecology, kelp forests and biodiversity), University of
Otago (land-use effects, bryozoans, inshore ecology, ocean acidification),
National Institute of water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) and Cawthron
Institute. Former MBIE programmes i.e., Coasts & Oceans OBI C01X0501,
Marine Biodiversity & Biosecurity OBI C01X0502, are now part of Core
Funding managed by NIWA through the Coast and Oceans Centre; Protecting
Ross Sea Ecosystems C01X1001, Climate Change Effects in the Ross Sea
C01X1226, Coastal Conservation Management C01X0907, Impacts of
resource use on vulnerable deep-sea communities C01X0906; DOC, MPI,
NIWA and Landcare Research - NZ Organisms Register.
Fisheries 2030 Environmental Outcome Objective 1; environmental
principles of Fisheries 2030 include: Ecosystem-based approach, Conserve
biodiversity: Environmental bottom lines, Precautionary approach,
Responsible international citizen, Inter-generational equity, Best available
information, Respect rights and interests (MPI 2009). MPI’s Strategy “Our
Strategy 2030”: two key stated focuses are to maximise export opportunities
and improve sector productivity; increase sustainable resource use, and
protect from biological risk
Multiple use, land-based effects, variability and change, marine monitoring,
cumulative effects of use and extraction in the marine environment, protected
areas; benthic impacts, ecosystem approaches to fisheries and marine
resource management.
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