Show Notes
Tame Malcolm (Te Arawa: Ngāti Tarāwhai, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Ngararanui, Ngāti Whakaue) has spent his career getting people excited about the bush, the birds, and the ecosystems that make Aotearoa unique. Because as he puts it, no one protects what they don't know. In this episode the General Manager of Te Arawa Lakes Trust explores what biosecurity could look like if we wiped the slate clean and started from something uniquely ours, grounded in Aotearoa's own identity, culture, and knowledge.
From defining what a pest actually is, to the tension around 1080, to what whakapapa has to do with how we understand ecosystems, this is one of those conversations that reframes some of our assumptions about pest management.
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Chapters 00:00 Reimagining Biosecurity 00:51 Meet The Guest 02:11 Start From Scratch 04:58 People And Place Connection 06:43 Growing Up In The Bush 09:20 What Makes A Pest 11:50 Wasps And Values Debate 14:44 1080 And Social Licence 17:49 Mobilising Communities 19:35 Jobs For Nature Lessons 25:08 Funding Cliffs And Capacity 28:09 Māori Biosecurity Network 32:38 Mātauranga Meets Science 33:58 Knowledge And Context 34:19 Indigenous Knowledge Backlash 36:11 Beyond Western Science 37:24 Whakapapa Explained Simply 39:00 Relational Ecology Shift 41:45 Whakapapa In Pest Control 43:35 Policy Barriers And Permits 45:14 Social Media To Action 50:08 Biosecurity Wins And Gaps 51:25 Funding Threats And Priorities 54:12 PhD Writing Survival Tips 58:44 Wrapping Up And Thanks Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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