Conservation International Aotearoa
charity from New Zealand
Conservation International Aotearoa is the Aotearoa New Zealand programme of Conservation International. It focuses on iwi and Māori-led ocean initiatives in Aotearoa New Zealand and on partnerships across the wider Pacific, including the Hinemoana Halo Ocean Initiative, an Indigenous-led ocean programme centred on ocean protection and climate action.
In Aotearoa New Zealand, the programme has contributed to government-commissioned policy research on coastal wetland blue carbon and partnered with the Department of Conservation and Manta Watch NZ on oceanic manta ray research. Across the Pacific, it has also taken part in whale-research voyages and scientific expeditions, including work in Tonga and Tokelau.
Overview
The programme works in Aotearoa New Zealand and across the broader Pacific. Its geographic scope includes Māori-led ocean initiatives in Aotearoa New Zealand, Pacific partnerships and fieldwork in places such as Tonga and Tokelau, and marine-science and coastal-wetland work in New Zealand waters.
Its thematic work includes Indigenous ocean guardianship, blue carbon and coastal-wetland policy work, marine science and citizen-science partnerships, and Pacific partnerships and field expeditions.
History
Publicly documented activity by the programme emerged in 2022 around iwi and Māori-led ocean work in Aotearoa New Zealand and collaboration with Pacific partners through Hinemoana Halo. At COP27, the film Moana Rising brought public attention to the initiative and described it as an Indigenous-led blue carbon regime developed in collaboration with Conservation International. Ngāti Kurī later reported that Conservation International Aotearoa had invited its representatives to take part in COP27 discussions and attend the launch of the initiative, which aimed to use traditional ocean customs and practices to protect Aotearoa New Zealand's coastal waters and high seas and develop natural assets for carbon credits and biodiversity credits within a blue-economy framework.
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