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Wetland restoration symposium 21-23 March 2012

The 5th National Wetland Restoration Symposium was held in Invercargill, March 2012. See the programme (800 b). Around 200 delegates enjoyed a visit to the internationally significant Awarua Waituna Lagoon in stunning weather.

The next symposium will be held in 2014 - details on location to be announced soon.

The 2012 symposium was organised by the Southland Wetlands Working Party in conjunction with the National Wetland Trust.

Here are some of the presentations:

Clarkson: Co-ordinated monitoring 4 mb	West (Keynote): Feeding 1 billion humans 1 mb
Denyer: Ecological character 2.4 mb	Pope: Weed control at Waihola Waipori 2 mb
Gillies: Predator monitoring 1 mb	Salmon: Wetland governance 1.2 mb
Hicks: Giant kokopu at Waituna 1 mb	Schallenberg: Ecological integrity 1 mb
James: Biodiversity funding 500 kb	Spiers: Ecosystem health 1 mb
Johnson: Woody vegetation establishment 1.4 mb	Tresidder: Integrated marketing 3 mb
Tanner: Constructed wetlands manage farm nutrients 5 mb	Peters: Community monitoring 1 mb

We'd like to thank our key sponsors:

and to our key supporters:

Southland Fish and Game
NZ Landcare Trust
Southland District Council
Dairy NZ
Venture Southland - this website also has information on visiting Southland

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National Wetland Restoration Symposium 2010

The 4th National Wetland Restoration Symposium, was held in Rotorua on March 3^rd-5^th 2010. The theme was: "Wetland Management and Restoration (Freshwater and Estuarine)." Over 200 delegates attended.

The symposium was organised by the Bay of Plenty Wetland Forum in association with the National Wetland Trust. The Bay of Plenty Wetland Forum comprises Environment Bay of Plenty, Fish & Game New Zealand (Eastern Region), and the Department of Conservation Bay of Plenty Conservancy.

The Symposium was designed as a training and networking opportunity for landowners, iwi, people committed to wetland biodiversity and restoration, policy makers and wetland scientists from all over New Zealand. The programme included presentations, technical sessions, soapbox forum, practical sessions and fieldtrips with practical training on management techniques including pest control and hydrology.

Presentations and posters

Copies of the presentations are available to download.

Keynote speaker, Ken Tarboton: Florida Everglades 1.4 mb

Black: Forestry management 5.4 mb	Bruere: Floating wetlands 160 kb	Cashmore: Threatened plants 2.4 mb
Cheyene and Owen: Wetland birds 520 kb	Garrick: Restoration planning 1 mb	Marsh: Valuing wetlands 400 kb
McKee: Global Change 1.4 mb	Meikle: Practical restoration 170 kb	Mihinui: Cultural significance 600 kb
Mitchell: Whitebait habitat 250 kb	O'Connell: Community involvement 200 kb	Peters: Funding 700 kb
Robertson: Arawai Kakariki 450 kb	Roxburgh: Public good 250 kb	Suren: Macroinvertebrates 240 kb
Tanner: Nutrient management 2.70 mb

Several presentations on wetlands were presented at the Arawai Kakariki sponsored session of the NZ Freshwater Science Society Conference, November 2009. Some are available to view below:

Blair Thornburrow: Hydrology of Whangamarino wetland (2.9 Mb)

Kerry Bodmin: Willow management in Whangamarino wetland (1 Mb)

Emily Atkinson: Ruppia in Waituna Lagoon (1.7 Mb)

Bev Clarkson: Wetland types (814 kb)

Brian Sorrell: Nutrient standards (1.5 Mb)

Hugh Robertson: Wetland protection (534 kb)

Alastair Suren: Effect of wetland condition on invertebrates (2 Mb)

"Wai Wetlands" Symposium 2008

The 2008 Symposium was also a great success, with over 150 delegates attending from all over New Zealand. The presentations and posters from the 2008 Restoration Symposium will be available for a limited time at: ftp://ftp.niwa.co.nz/wetlands/. Note that some of these files are very large and may take some time to download.

Last updated 28 April 2012