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Kina roe enhancement project paves way for new high-value seafood export opportunity

A New Zealand seafood delicacy may be just months away from being on the menu at restaurants locally across East Asia.

Blue economy series

In this series written for Pure Advantage, Fraser Stobie unlocks some new thinking about the world’s aquatic economy.

Sea change aquaculture

Nigel Bradly, EnviroStrat CEO, was interviewed by NZBusiness about the challenges and opportunities for New Zealand’s aquaculture industry post Covid-19, and the initiatives that could unlock its true export potential.

Where is all the climate change agri innovation funding?

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EnviroStrat CEO, Dr Nigel Bradly was interviewed for this newsroom article examining why New Zealand isn’t leading the world when it comes to funding innovation around agricultural emissions reduction technologies. "The New Zealand investment community is highly conservative by comparison with investors overseas," Bradly says. "There's no shortage of investment capital looking for climate innovation, but New Zealand investors don't walk the talk in the same way they do elsewhere. This is especially the case for non tech climate investment - nature-based solutions for example are woefully underinvested. There is not the same willingness to take risks. Here we are…
EnviroStrat
October 21, 2022

The critical role of accounting in proactively managing freshwater

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Water accounting has a critical role in proactively managing freshwater and making informed decisions. That’s the message EnviroStrat’s Cerasela Stancu shared with attendees at the 2023 New Zealand National Freshwater Conference. Drawing on EnviroStrat’s experience and insights, Cerasela spoke about our application of the UN SEEA water approach in the Hawke’s Bay region, producing the first systematic set of water accounts in New Zealand to inform Hawke's Bay Regional Council's Regional Security Water Programme. Cerasela Stancu at the National Freshwater Conference - YouTube | March 2023
EnviroStrat
July 21, 2023

Seasick: Saving the Hauraki Gulf

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Mawae Morton, EnviroStrat Chairman and Nigel Bradly, CEO, were interviewed for Stuff’s Seasick series. They feature in Episode 7 talking about the future of the Hauraki Gulf. Seasick: Saving the Hauraki Gulf | April 2022  
EnviroStrat
June 23, 2022

Sea change aquaculture

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Nigel Bradly, EnviroStrat CEO, was interviewed by NZBusiness about the challenges and opportunities for New Zealand’s aquaculture industry post Covid-19, and the initiatives that could unlock its true export potential. “As a country we haven’t invested enough to date in critical assets like hatcheries to provide the certainty of supply that you see in a lot of other countries. He also believes that the sector hasn’t necessarily kept up to speed on R&D and technology as much as other sectors. Climate change is also a significant challenge for the sector - with warming seas, acidification and biosecurity risks that come…
EnviroStrat
June 23, 2022

Rural delivery

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EnviroStrat's Senior Project Manager, Rebecca Barclay was interviewed for episode 6 of Rural Delivery about how the GreenWave Aotearoa project is exploring the viability of a domestic seaweed farming industry. Rural Delivery Episode 6 | April 2023
EnviroStrat
July 21, 2023

Nature-based solutions perspectives and practices

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EnviroStrat's Sustainability Director, Cerasela Stancu was interviewed for a podcast on Monocle 24: The Bulletin with UBS. Cerasela, along with UBS Optimus Foundation’s CEO Maya Ziswiler and Patti Chu of Mana Impact shared the key ambitions of the Catalysing Nature-based Solutions: Perspectives and Practices for Developing High Quality Projects report released in November 2022. “If there is one overarching and reassuring finding it is this aspect of multiple benefits that nature-based solutions provide and the fact that they really deliver value for money.” Nature-based Solutions, The Bulletin with UBS 429 - Radio | Monocle | December 2022
EnviroStrat
July 21, 2023

Moving to a circular bioeconomy – expert reaction

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How can we reduce waste and pollution, and regenerate natural environments, while still keeping our economy running? Nigel Bradly, EnviroStrat CEO, spoke to the Science Media Centre of New Zealand about the idea of a circular bioeconomy. “Building Aotearoa New Zealand’s circular marine bioeconomy is an exciting opportunity to leverage the country’s abundant marine resources for sustainable economic growth.” Moving to a circular bioeconomy - Expert Reaction - Science Media Centre | February 2023
EnviroStrat
July 21, 2023

Kinanomics leading the way for a new delicacy to export

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EnviroStrat's Senior Environmental Scientist, Johnny Wright was interviewed by Radio NZ about the launch of our Kinanomics project. "Kinanomics" leading the way for a new delicacy to export | July 2023 EnviroStrat’s Kinanomics project is an innovative approach that leverages the economic, environmental, and cultural value of kina (sea urchins) to address ecosystem imbalances and support sustainable marine resource management. By focusing on the restoration of kelp forests through the targeted removal of overabundant kina, the project seeks to revitalise degraded marine ecosystems while creating commercial opportunities for high-value kina products. Kinanomics integrates traditional knowledge, community engagement, and cutting-edge science…
EnviroStrat
July 21, 2023

Growth framework developed for New Zealand’s seaweed industry

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Dr Nigel Bradly, EnviroStrat CEO, was interviewed for Radio NZ about New Zealand’s new Seaweed Sector Framework. “The growth potential is huge … Enabling the growth is part of it. Part of it is developing the know-how and skills in farming as well as the processing to create a scalable, high value, end-to-end supply chain. The more we’re able to scale up the production of sustainably grown seaweed, the more confidence we will have to invest heavily into high value opportunities. Listen to the radio interview here. Growth framework developed for New Zealand's seaweed industry | October 2022
EnviroStrat
October 21, 2022

Founders Fireside Chat with BlueTechBase News

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In this edited conversation with Peter Green from BlueTechBase News, Nigel Bradly spoke about his journey with EnviroStrat, advice he would give to others in this space and the importance of bridging the gap between investors and sustainable project developers. “For me, a particularly fascinating area lies at the intersection between economics, finance and science. As a result, EnviroStrat operates in that arena and our real value comes from our belief that being transdisciplinary is a superpower.” Founders Fireside Chat with BlueTechBase News | November 2021
EnviroStrat
June 23, 2022

Fish of the day

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EnviroStrat's Senior Project Manager, Rebecca Barclay, was interviewed about our GreenWave Aotearoa project for Fish of the Day with Clarke Gayford. Fish of the Day | June 2022
EnviroStrat
July 21, 2023

First seaweed seedlings in the Hauraki Gulf for new industry

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The Bay of Plenty Times reported on the GreenWaveNZ pilot seaweed outplanting. Dr Nigel Bradly, EnviroStrat CEO, was interviewed at the event. “What’s really historic about today is this is the first time in New Zealand that we’ve had Ecklonia grown in a hatchery and put onto a farm. What we’re seeing now, we hope, is the start of something exciting, where we’re able to help ocean farmers create a supply chain with seaweed as a part, or all, of what they do.” First seaweed seedlings in the Hauraki Gulf for new industry | October 2022
EnviroStrat
October 21, 2022

First seaweed planting in Coromandel waters historic moment for aquaculture

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Stuff reported on New Zealand’s first planting of hatchery grown seaweed in Coromandel waters, noting that it could be the beginning of a new sector for the aquaculture industry. Alongside Dr Nigel Bradly, EnviroStrat CEO, GreenWaveNZ partners Dr Rebecca Lawton from the University of Waikato and Lucas Evans, CEO of Premium Seas were interviewed about the pilot. First seaweed planting in Coromandel waters historic moment for aquaculture | October 2022
EnviroStrat
October 21, 2022

Farming the sea bed for weed

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Nigel Bradly was interviewed for Radio New Zealand's article about how the seaweed market is a golden opportunity for New Zealand. “The government is working really hard so that it can enable, not prevent, a sector like this from growing. Part of the reason Aotearoa has been so slow to the industry is because it’s very good at farming other aquaculture such as mussels, oysters and salmon, and there wasn’t an appetite or demand for trying out a new species. Big global producers have very mature supply chains that New Zealand companies would have to compete with. But the tide…
EnviroStrat
June 23, 2022

Blue economy series

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In this series written for Pure Advantage, Fraser Stobie unlocks some new thinking about the world’s aquatic economy. In Blue is the new green, Fraser touches on what it means for the ocean economy to be blue; exploring definitions of the Blue Economy and highlighting in particular, the need for sustainable growth in our oceans to meet a variety of economic, social, cultural and environmental outcomes. In The value proposition of the blue economy, Fraser explores how local communities can benefit from the Blue Economy and illustrates how alternate measures of success can change the way we generate greater value…
EnviroStrat
June 23, 2022

All about COP29

COP29In The NewsInternat'l
Cop29 is drawing to a close in Baku, Azerbaijan; EnviroStrat’s Natasha Jacobs summarises the key takeaways from the global climate change summit. But first, what is Cop29? Cop stands for Conference of Parties; the summit his held annually, with this year’s conference being the 29th. Over the last two weeks, ministers, envoys, negotiators and activists have flocked to Baku to try to make progress on agreeing global commitments to fight climate change. This year finance is the hot topic, and the primary aim of the conference has been to agree a new target for how, and how much, money should…
Sophie Bradly
November 26, 2024

All About COP16

In The NewsInternat'lOur Thinking
Written by EnviroStrat's Natasha Jacobs.   Q – What is COP? COP stands for Conference of the Parties. It’s a global summit where nature takes centre stage. COP16, the 16th iteration, has been taking place over the last two weeks, in Cali, Colombia.  Not to be confused with the Climate Change COP taking place in Azerbaijan next month, COP16 is the Biodiversity COP, and aims to drive international co-operation to tackle the global biodiversity crisis. Q – What are we learning this year? Highly anticipated this year, is country progress on COP15’s Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework, a landmark global agreement, established in 2022, aimed at halting…
Sophie Bradly
November 4, 2024

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