What Does a Healthy Ecosystem Look Like in New Zealand? (with Wayne O'Keefe)

What does a healthy ecosystem actually look like in Aotearoa New Zealand?

And what role does the endangered kōkako bird (Callaeas wilsoni) play in the conservation landscape?

In this episode, we are joined by Wayne O’Keefe, who wears many hats in the conservation space, including ongoing efforts to help develop intergenerational forest corridors through KEEP, the Kōkako Ecosystem Expansion Programme.

Here are some of the things we discussed:

• How and why kōkako are such a great indicator of forest health.
• Why protecting kōkako really means looking after all the other species in the forest.
• Why kōkako need at least 2000 hectares of connected forest to have a resilient population.
• How t ...