Research

Current Projects

Ministry for the Environment - Sustainable Management Fund
Project Brief: Empowering coastal communities to adapt to climate change. Download Report [12 Kb PDF]
Ministry for the Environment - Sustainable Farming Fund
Project Brief: Adapting productive coastal landuses to Climate Change. Download Report [12 Kb PDF]

Development of reliable techniques for raising low-cost spinifex seedlings for dune revegetation programmes - seed collection, handling and germination techniques as well as vegetative propagation.
Spinifex phenology - flowering and seeding studies
Fertiliser requirements of existing spinifex and pingao cover on coastal foredunes, Bay of Plenty
Restoration of exposed sites - establishment of mixtures of spinifex and marram grass on foredunes at Santoft, Rangitikei
Restoration of exposed sites - establishment of natural sand-binding plants on mechanically-shaped dunes in Oakura, Taranaki
Restoration of exposed sites - establishment of spinifex and pingao on unstable dunes at Te Henga/Bethells Beach, Auckland
Establishment of indigenous plant communities on foredunes and backdunes at South Brighton, Christchurch
Restoration of indigenous plant communities on semi-stable and stable sand dunes
Propagation and establishment of Euphorbia glauca (shore spurge)
Review of rabbit and hare control methods on sand dunes

Bergin, D.O., 2008. Performance of Indigenous Species Three Years After Planting on a Backdune, Ohiwa Spit, Eastern Bay of Plenty. Environmental Restoration Ltd Contract Report ERL08/02, 24pp. Download Report [2.3 Mb PDF]
Bergin, D.O., 2008. Establishment of the Indigenous Sand Binder Spinifex /(Spinifex Sericeus)/ Along the Sand Dunes of Christchurch. Environmental Restoration Ltd Contract Report ERL08/03, 27pp. Download Report [2.1 Mb pdf]
Performance of indigenous sand-binders planted on a reshaped foredune at Oakura Beach, New Plymouth, David Bergin, Elizabeth Miller, Ensis, Rotorua; John Leslie, Paul Jamieson, New Plymouth District Council. Download Report [2.4 Kb PDF]