BBC’s Our Frozen Planet showcases Alliance work in climate change resilience in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The work of the Kotahitanga mō te Taiao Alliance to restore nature in the top of the South Island is garnering international attention, with the recent release of a short film on the BBC Earth online platform, Our Frozen Planet.
The Alliance and its work to restore nature and fight climate change through community-led action caught the attention of the BBC’s Natural History Unit, as part of a series of short films focusing on accelerating change in response to climate change and biodiversity loss.
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The 12-minute short film tells the story of the Alliance as it grows and connects multiple conservation projects across the top of New Zealand’s South Island to achieve landscape-scale restoration gains.
As New Zealand communities and ecosystems experience the impacts of human-induced climate change and biodiversity loss, the Alliance brings together Te Tauihu (Marlborough, Nelson, Tasman) and Kawatiri (Buller) iwi, Councils and DOC with a shared vision to restore nature. The Nature Conservancy Aotearoa New Zealand is a core supporter of the Alliance.
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“The Alliance brings these groups together with one purpose and one vision,” says Alliance Co-chair Martin Rodd, “to achieve what no entity can do alone. The Alliance covers 3.5 million ha—if we work on it at a system scale I think we can make a massive difference to climate change.”
Outgoing Alliance Co-chair Dave Johnston says that bringing the world view into play allows for a different approach. “It makes you think a little bit differently in terms of how we need to care for and respect Papatūānuku earth mother and Ranginui sky father, and everything in between.”
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