Building trustworthy biodiversity indicators

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1 Building trustworthy biodiversity indicators Using birds as a proof of concept Keven Drew (CC) Robert Gibb (CC) Robert Gibb Visit our website: bit.ly/trustworthyindicators

2 THE CHALLENGES People Data Knowledge How to engage them? What matters to them? How to collect it? How to use it? How to report it? How to communicate it?

3 Involving science and non-science communities BUILDING ENGAGEMENT AND TRUST

4 The challenges Lots of people & organisations involved Difficult to know what is meaningful to them No single agency responsible for biodiversity monitoring and reporting

5 Facilitating engagement? Focus groups & workshops Discussing broad issues with a range of groups Online surveys Canvassing a wider audience Case studies Working with key individuals on specific issues

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7 What matters?

8 INTERESTS IN BIRDS

9 I remember stories about our Nannies and the puku of the kererū... a rongoa or some kind of poultice for certain kinds of wounds or hakihaki. Hapū participant from Hawke s Bay INTERESTS IN BIRDS

10 the birds are telling us what s wrong. We should be taking notice. (CC ) Duncan Wright Hapū participants from Hawke s Bay INTERESTS IN BIRDS

11 important in terms of our cultural identity. Community participant from Hawke s Bay INTERESTS IN BIRDS

12 you went to lots of places you would never have thought of going otherwise. Citizen scientist from Christchurch INTERESTS IN BIRDS

13 You get a real thrill if they accept your pictures. Citizen scientist from Christchurch INTERESTS IN BIRDS

14 Garden birds are an engagement tool Biodiversity managers from regional councils INTERESTS IN BIRDS

15 to encourage people to restore habitat.. based on birds and bird habitat and seeing birds Biodiversity manager from regional councils INTERESTS IN BIRDS

16 If they [the public] see that birds are looking good or increasing, they are more likely to help or to back funding allocation Biodiversity manager from regional councils INTERESTS IN BIRDS

17 Birds are a proxy for the state of the environment. Policy advisor from a central government agency INTERESTS IN BIRDS

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20 Share your perspectives participate in our online survey!

21 Building engagement?

22 Join in the conversation!

23 Share what you see!

24 Tell your stories!

25 Help us choose a logo!

26 SPECIES & PLACES OF INTEREST

27 the tūī was a taonga species, it can mimic a lot of birds and it is unique..they have an awesome waiata or karanga to it Hapū participants from Hawke s Bay SPECIES & PLACES OF INTEREST

28 All native birds, tūī, fantail, grey warblers the sounds they make represent New Zealand. Primary producers from Hawke s Bay SPECIES & PLACES OF INTEREST

29 One thing we celebrated, the other night, was seeing a flock of kererū fly over our place. Primary producers from Hawke s Bay SPECIES & PLACES OF INTEREST

30 We get a lot of phone calls, from orchardists and vegetable growers, about pūkeko. Pūkeko are destructive. Keven Drew Primary producers from Hawke s Bay SPECIES & PLACES OF INTEREST

31 All native birds really. Native forest species in general, for outcome monitoring. Biodiversity managers from a regional council SPECIES & PLACES OF INTEREST

32 For us it would be tūī, we ve ticked tūī, and now we want to see bellbird and kererū Biodiversity manager from a regional council SPECIES & PLACES OF INTEREST

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36 What matters to people? Species of interest? Different reporting sources Among regions Over time OTAGO CASE STUDY: OSNZ newsletters

37 Mentioned most often?

38 The challenges Working towards shared goals? Reporting to reflect values/interests? Learning what works and what doesn t?

39 Making best use of existing data HARMONISING INDICATORS FOR REPORTING

40 DATA TYPES

41 .the abundance and distribution are key aspects for us Keven Drew Biosecurity manager DATA TYPES

42 John Hunt It s generational for me; what the general trend is. Over 25 years perhaps because you get aberrations in the short term. Primary producer in Hawkes Bay DATA TYPES

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44 DATA SOURCES Hapū participants from Hawke s Bay

45 .we don t have regional monitoring it s just about time, ongoing and indefinite, watching trends Keven Drew Hapū participants from Hawke s Bay Biodiversity manager from a regional council DATA SOURCES

46 .we have a programme to bring tūī back to Hamilton we do management but no regional assessment of tūī Catriona MacLeod Hapū participants from Hawke s Bay Biodiversity manager from a regional council DATA SOURCES

47 The ornithological society leads most of the studies. We don t have any monitoring programmes at all Hapū participants from Hawke s Bay Biodiversity manager from a regional council DATA SOURCES

48 Data challenges

49 Data challenges

50 .. the big issue. is that most of the observations that are being collected aren t going into any database John Hunt Hapū participants from Hawke s Bay Biodiversity manager from a regional council DATA SOURCES

51 Data challenges

52 Data challenges

53 Having to pay for data.. makes accessing that data harder John Hunt Hapū participants from Hawke s Bay Biodiversity manager from a regional council DATA SOURCES

54 .there is so much information, but not in one place Morgan Coleman Hapū participants from Hawke s Bay Primary producer in Hawke s Bay DATA SOURCES

55 Data challenges

56 The trustworthiness of the data would have to come back to the ability of the people creating it Morgan Coleman Hapū participants from Hawke s Bay Citizen scientist from Christchurch DATA SOURCES

57 . reliable data, published from a trustworthy source: one that s published, from a source you would know..had that training Morgan Coleman Hapū participants from Hawke s Bay Biodiversity manager from a regional council DATA SOURCES

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59 Data challenges

60 POWER TO DETECT CHANGE Data challenges Strong Tiered biodiversity monitoring & reporting system Regional councils Traditional Ecological Knowledge: taonga species Weak Local SPATIAL ZONE OF INFERENCE Specific landscape National

61 Extent of knowledge Numbers, ranges and trends Data challenges Site & species surveys Generic surveys Atlases Rare or concentrated Intermediate Widespread & common Abundance & distribution

62 State of Birds Reporting Change in species distributions?

63 State of Birds Reporting

64 State of Birds Reporting Change in species distributions?

65 State of Birds Reporting (CC) Sid Mosdell

66 State of Birds Reporting (CC) Kahuroa

67 POWER TO DETECT CHANGE Data challenges Strong Tiered biodiversity monitoring & reporting system Regional councils Traditional Ecological Knowledge: taonga species Weak Local SPATIAL ZONE OF INFERENCE Specific landscape National

68 POWER TO DETECT CHANGE Data challenges Strong Tiered biodiversity monitoring & reporting system Regional councils Traditional Ecological Knowledge: taonga species Weak Local SPATIAL ZONE OF INFERENCE Specific landscape National

69 State of Birds Reporting

70 Tailoring reporting to reach different audiences IMPROVING COMMUNICATION

71 COMMUNICATION

72 words put you to sleep Catriona MacLeod Hapū participants from Hawke s Bay Hapū participant from Hawke s Bay COMMUNICATION

73 Simple stories that people can relate to. Keven Drew Hapū participants from Hawke s Bay Biodiversity manager from a regional council COMMUNICATION

74 The internet is amazing. We ll often see a bird and find out all about it. Keven Drew The internet is my first port-of-call Hapū participants from Hawke s Bay Primary producers in Hawke s Bay COMMUNICATION

75 we are trying to look at each and every individual species response, but we keep that information to ourselves. and turn it into a story that is digestible Keven Drew Hapū participants from Hawke s Bay Biodiversity manager from a regional council COMMUNICATION

76 Keven Drew Scientists feel professionally compelled to be honest about the caveats but people don t what to hear about it Hapū participants from Hawke s Bay Biodiversity manager from a regional council COMMUNICATION

77 It is interesting to read about [bird count reports] but it s not like advice Cape-to-City If the [bird] numbers are dwindling, what can we do, what can everybody do? Hapū participants from Hawke s Bay Primary producers from Hawke s Bay COMMUNICATION

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79 What matters to people? Māori bird names Recognise the relationship between tangata whenua and birds Characterise local significance and history of birds Add a unique NZ flavour to bird reporting Courtesy of Pei Jones Collection

80 Otago OSNZ newsletters: Māori bird names: most often used?

81 Otago OSNZ newsletters: Number of records Top 20 species Total 200+ species

82 How to improve? > 3000 people took part > 60% provided feedback via an online survey.

83 How to report? Detailed written reports Written summary Graphs, Tables Maps Infographics? Neutral Interested Very interested

84 How to report?

85 How to report?

86 2014 Summary

87 What style? Casual and fun? Target audience: General public? Modern, slick and professional? Target audience: Our peers and clients?

88 What style? EXPLAINERS MONITORING GUIDE INTERACTIVE DATA

89 What style? Very 1990s very cute really engaging why isn t the kiwi wearing a dress why doesn t it have any trousers on looks like a cross between a human and a kiwi

90 What style? Too busy very cute Don t add more colour Very 1990s newspaper editorial feel Depends who your target audience is

91 Learning what works & what doesn t People How to engage them? What matters to them? Data How to collect it? How to use it? Knowledge How to report it? How to communicate it?

92 THANK YOU to our research partners & funders! Landowners & multiple hapū from Hawke s Bay Kāti Huirapa in Otago Regional Council Biodiversity Working Group

93 Building trustworthy biodiversity indicators Visit our website: bit.ly/trustworthyindicators