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Jacqueline Theis, PhD Candidate in Ecology, University of Otago

Dunedin’s inner-city greening project shows even small spaces can be wildlife havens

Even small green spaces can bring nature back into cities, as our project in Ōtepoti Dunedin has shown.

Over the past two years, Dunedin’s city centre has become greener and more biodiverse thanks to the installation of street-side planters.

This change, though modest, proves popular with a range of insects that have moved in even though the city centre remains dominated by grey non-permeable surfaces.

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