WHAT GOES INTO THE TOOL?   [Completed: March 2018]
Farmers, growers, industry bodies, biodiversity managers, advisors and consultants were invited to take part in our biodiversity tool survey to tell us:
  • What kinds of biodiversity they are most interested in
  • Which farm management actions are most relevant to them
  • How they would prefer the data produced by the tool to be managed.
Learn more about our process for deciding what should go into our prototype tool. [3-min video]
Telling the NZ biodiversity story. Find out what our stakeholders considered most useful for inclusion in our prototype tool for biodiversity assessments on NZ farms.
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What would be useful to you?
 HOW EFFECTIVE ARE MANAGEMENT ACTIONS? [Judgement scoring completed: May 2018]
A panel of biodiversity experts:
  • Reviews the best-available scientific evidence about how farm management actions affect the priority biodiversity groups identified by stakeholders.
  • Evaluates each management action for its effectiveness at enhancing NZ biodiversity.
Our process for scoring biodiversity performance with a panel of biodiversity specialists. [3-min video]
IS THE TOOL USEFUL AND EASY TO USE? [*** In progress]
Farmers, growers, industry bodies, biodiversity managers, advisors and consultants:
  • Test a prototype tool that will translate the management actions they do into a wildlife-friendliness score for each biodiversity group they are interested in
  • Provide feedback on the tool that is then used to improve the tool and determine how the data can be used to efficiently meet different reporting needs