ENVIRONMENT & SOCIETY
Title: Social research on novel pest control methods
Provider: Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
Outputs: [Paper] MacDonald EA et al. (2022) Conservation pest control with new technologies: public perceptions, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 52:1, 95-107, DOI: 10.1080/03036758.2020.1850481
Title: Evaluating the Papa Taiao Predator Free Secondary Schools Leadership and Awards programmes as tools to scale the predator free kaupapa across schools and kura in Aotearoa NZ
Provider: Papa Taiao Earthcare
Outputs: [Report] Understanding how to empower, inspire and upskill young leaders to contribute to a predator free Aotearoa
Title: Testing the efficacy of the Victor Professional rat trap for catching ship and Norway rats and Modified Victor stoat and rat trap for catching Norway rats
Provider: Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
Outputs: [Report] Morriss G (2019) Pen testing of the kill efficacy of the Victor ® Professional rat trap and the Modified Victor stoat and rat trap for capturing ship and Norway rats. Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research Contract Report LC3441
Title: Identifying key conditions for biodiversity and social outcomes from community led conservation
Provider: The Catalyst Group
Brief description of research: Using interviews, surveys and literature reviews to identify the social dimensions of a community conservation initiatives that achieve measurable social and environmental outcomes
Outputs: [Report] Shanahan D, Maseyk F, Johnston G, Doole M 2021. Social and ecological outcomes from community-led conservation. Collaborative research project prepared for Predator Free 2050 Ltd. The Catalyst Group Contract Report No. 2021/160.
BEST USE OF EXISTING APPROACHES
Title: Landscape-Scale Research and Development to Completely Remove Possums
Provider: Zero Invasive Predators
Outputs: (Report) ZIP Annual report 2019-20
(Report) ZIP Annual report 2018-19
(Report) ZIP Annual report 2017-18
Title: Low-cost eradication of possums from native forest
Provider: Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
Outputs: [Report] Sweetapple P, Nugent G (2020) Refining detection and control tools and strategies for ground-based eradication of large-scale, low-density possum populations. Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research Contract Report LC3819
[Report] Niebuhr C et al. (2020) ‘Last-bait-first’ pre-feed sequencing for maximising possum kill in dual 1080 baiting. Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research Contract Report LC3885
[Paper] Nugent G et al. (2020) Dual 1080 bait switching for killing cereal-bait-shy possums. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 44(1): 3403
Title: Wielding knowledge of the spatial and temporal distributions of invasive small mammals across an altitudinal gradient to refine and advance mainland pest eradication strategies in the uplands of the Mackenzie Basin
Provider: Te Manahuna Aoraki
Outputs: [Paper] Foster NJ et al. (2021) Altitudinal distribution of the entire invasive small mammal guild in the eastern dryland zone of New Zealand’s Southern Alps. Biological Invasions 23: 1837–1857.
Title: LoraWAN Repeater Software & Hardware
Provider: EcoNode
Outputs: Predator Free 2050 Econode Report
Title: Thermal Camera & AI Based Predator Monitoring Tool
Provider: The Cacophony Project
Outputs: PF2050 Limited - Final report for thermal camera and predator identification
Title: Artificial Intelligence triggered trap
Provider: The Cacophony Project
Outputs: [Report] Cacophony Project Artificial Intelligence triggered trap: Final Report for Predator Free 2050
Title: Drones for possum detection and precision baiting
Provider: OSPRI
Brief description of research: Providing co-funding for an OSPRI-funded project exploring the use of drones for possum detection and precision baiting
Outputs: [Report] Exploring the use of drones for possum detection and precision baiting
EXPLORING NEW APPROACHES
Title: Underpinning genomic resources for invasive New Zealand rats
Provider: University of Otago / CSIRO
Outputs: [Database] Aotearoa Genomic Data Repository
[Database] GenBank Rattus rattus (black rat) Genome Assembly and Annotation Report
Title: Realistic population modelling of gene drive strategies for rodent control in NZ
Provider: Cornell University / Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
Outputs: [Paper] Haller BC, Messer PW (2019). SLiM 3: Forward Genetic Simulations Beyond the Wright–Fisher Model. Molecular Biology and Evolution 36(3): 632–637.
[Report] Diaz PG (2019) Systematic review of the population and spatial ecology of invasive rats and house mice (Rattus spp. and Mus musculus) in New Zealand. Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research Contract Report LC3446
[Paper] Champer J et al. (2020) Performance analysis of novel toxin antidote CRISPR gene drive systems. BMC Biology 18:27.
[Paper] Champer SE et al. (2020) Computational and experimental performance of CRISPR homing gene drive strategies with multiplexed gRNAs. Sci. Adv. 2020; 6 : eaaz0525
[Paper] Champer J et al. (2020) A toxin-antidote CRISPR gene drive system for regional population modification. Nature Communications 11, 1082
[Paper] Champer SE et al. (2021) Suppression gene drive in continuous space can result in unstable persistence of both drive and wild-type alleles. Molecular Ecology 30(4): 1086-1101
[Paper] Champer SE at al (2021) Modeling CRISPR gene drives for suppression of invasive rodents using a supervised machine learning framework. PLoS Comput Biol 17(12): e1009660.
Title: Stoat genome assembly, and landscape genetics
Provider: Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
Outputs: [Database] GenBank Mustela erminea (ermine) Genome Assembly and Annotation Report
Title: Evaluating the potential of foliage penetrating radar systems for detecting brushtail possum in New Zealand forests and scoping novel technologies for advancing PF2050's mission.
Provider: Environment & Conservation Technologies
Outputs: [Report] Current and Near-Future Technology for a Predator Free New Zealand
MODELING AND DATA SHARING
Title: TrapNZ Collaborative 2018-19 Work Programme
Provider: Groundtruth Ltd
Outputs: [Report] GroundTruth (2020) Trap.NZ Collaborative 2019-20 Work Programme. Report to Predator Free 2050 Ltd. Report to Predator Free 2050 Ltd
Title: Quantitative decision support for eradication
Provider: Manaaki Whenua
Outputs: [Report] Gormley, A.M., Anderson D.P., Lustig, A., Latham C.M., Howard, S., Scroggie, M., and Ramsey D.S.L. (2021) Quantitative Decision Support for Eradication: A Primer. Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research and Arthur Rylah Environmental Research Institute. Published by the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions, Canberra, Australia.
Title: Biosphere Data Commons Phase One
Provider: Noos Ltd
Outputs: With other cofunders, led to the development of Toha
Title: Shared data standards for predator-free relevant data
Provider: Internal (consultant)
Outputs: [Online resources] Predator Control Data Standards