Brook Waimarama Showcase - Aotearoa’s primary wilderness sanctuary

Robert Schadewinkel - Restoring a forest ecosystem (incl. kiwi and other threatened species reintroductions). Brook Waimarama Sanctuary ecologist
Robert Schadewinkel is the ecologist at the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary. His main role is to facilitate and oversee the restoration of the Sanctuary to a fully functioning and resilient forest ecosystem. This important work has led to the ability and current focus of the sanctuary to be able to reintroduce of some of our original indigenous species, such as the recent translocation of kiwi pukupuku and tuatara. He also oversees the biosecurity regime and is improving and expanding the biodiversity monitoring throughout the sanctuary. He will talk about the BWS uniqueness of being the only fenced sanctuary with high (very high) connectivity. The BWS is surrounded by continuous native forest along 80% of its boundaries. The native forest, protected on public conservation land, is continuous and stretches to the southernmost point of Fiordland and into the Marlborough Sounds. This connectivity provides unparalleled opportunities for landscape scale ecosystem restoration ambitions especially in light of PF2050. But this comes also with huge challenges (pest pressure and post release dispersal).

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