Kanopi : how might we improve the environmental and social outcomes of biodiversity conservation projects? : an exegesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Design, Massey University, Te Kunenga Ki Pūrehuroa, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand

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dc.contributor.authorRye, Sam
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-18T03:33:02Z
dc.date.available2019-11-18T03:33:02Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe environmental conservation sector in New Zealand and Australia is not able to keep pace with the scale of the challenges  facing it, causing widespread loss of our planet’s biodiversity and the potential for profound societal challenges due to our reliance  on ecosystem services. Many of the issues are interconnected and dynamic, brought about through the downstream effects of  population growth and anthropocentric worldviews. Change is needed in how the conservation sector is able to operate, which  better enables the existing sector stakeholders to create positive social and environmental outcomes. However the sector is  chronically underfunded, and thus unable to muster the resources or a collective direction to address the systemic challenges  alone. The challenges are complex (dynamic and emergent), yet we find the majority of resources poured into planning-based  responses that are inadequate due to their reliance on predictive approaches to the unpredictable challenge. The alternative to  planning, is prototyping; a culture rooted in experimentation, adaptation and continuous learning, in order to continually  re-orientate efforts to a desired future.  This research project has focused on designing a targeted systems change intervention, rooted prototyping culture, which seeks to  challenge power dynamics and the mental models of the types of impact that conservation groups can generate. Through systemic  and strategic design, I have generated systems sight, crafted strategy, and developed a portfolio of concepts which serve as both  technological and socio-cultural ‘Trojan Mice’ to challenge existing paradigms which limit the sector’s ability to reverse biodiversity  loss.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/15040
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectConservation projects (Natural resources)en_US
dc.subjectNew Zealanden_US
dc.subjectBiodiversity conservationen_US
dc.subjectPlanningen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental protectionen_US
dc.subjectStrategic planningen_US
dc.subjectEvaluationen_US
dc.subjectsystems changeen_US
dc.subjectsystemic designen_US
dc.subjectstrategic designen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental conservationen_US
dc.titleKanopi : how might we improve the environmental and social outcomes of biodiversity conservation projects? : an exegesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Design, Massey University, Te Kunenga Ki Pūrehuroa, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealanden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorRye, Sam
thesis.degree.disciplineDesignen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Design (MDes)en_US
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