Our Land and Water Podcast Episode 6: We can make progress – but we need to work together

Local community involvement is one of the keys to the long-term health of our rivers and lakes, and communities like catchment groups can play a major role in land-use transitions. Over eight years of research, we’ve learned about the support catchment groups need to meet both their own goals and the expectations their funders have of them.

In this episode, we hear how catchment groups are connecting and leading local initiatives that support landowners to investigate new opportunities and adopt change together.

Speakers: Bridget Jonkers (NZ Landcare Trust), Ed Challies (University of Canterbury), Claudia Lyons (Scarlatti), Katie Owen (Ministry for the Environment), Geoff Simmons (Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment), Alison Dewes (Tipu Whenua), Mandy Bell (Wai Wānaka)

More information:

• Catchment Group of Potential and Ways of Working
• Panel on Catchment Groups Reveals a Key Tension
• Research into Action
• Practical Tools and Approaches to Begin Navigating Land-Use Change
• Tīmata Method video and factsheet
• Going with the grain: Changing land uses to fit a changing landscape