Craig Bishop at AUT presents data for 36 20x20 vegetation monitoring plots across urban Auckland forests. Since 2009, data shows no increase of exotics, and maybe increasing native species. Woolly nightshade, privet and climbing asparagus make top 3 pest plants 🌱 #NZES2024

Tom Carlin from Scion talks about bringing stakeholders together to find out the priorities of protecting our urban forests. The main challenges include lack of investment, political will and data (especially sharing data) 🌳 #NZES2024

An unfortunate game of peek-a-boo…? Aka The possum is scaring a wallaby away from a bait station, preventing it from eating the bait

If people are more aware of species like pekapeka, they will more likely support government or council activities that does this mahi. Kerry encourages us to persist with engagement activities. Face to face is crucial - especially in surveys! #NZES2024 🦇