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August 30, 2024
Our Land and Water has now ended.
Our mission was to preserve the most fundamental treasures of Aotearoa – its land and water – while producing value from those same treasures.
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Technical Report
Novel financing solutions for land use change
New financing options may help support land-use and land management changes. Environmentally beneficial changes that are also financially beneficial will likely secure funding through traditional…
Summary
Quantifying Excess Nitrogen Loads in Fresh Water
At least 43% of New Zealand's agricultural land (31% of New Zealand's total land area) is in catchments that are under pressure (‘pressure' meaning the…
Journal Article
A risk index tool to minimize the risk of nitrogen loss from land to water
Simple models can help reduce nitrogen (N) loss from land and protect water quality. However, the complexity of primary production systems may impair the accuracy…
Video
Creating a Diverse and Sustainable Dairy Farming and Forestry Landscape (video)
This short video features Graham Smith, a Waikato dairy farmer whose farm played host to one of last year's Rural Professionals Fund Projects. The project…
Technical Report
Science for Policy: The role of science in the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management
This report takes a rare ‘behind the scenes' look at how environmental policy is developed in Aotearoa New Zealand. The report includes comments from confidential…
Technical Report
Indicators of Collective Responsibility by Catchment Groups
This report makes some general observations about the process of developing indicators and then offers some suggested indicators for catchment groups and for support organisations.…
The Collaboration Lab
Determining the role of collaboration in transforming management of land and water
Presentation
Journal Article
Mitigation of phosphorus, sediment and Escherichia coli losses in runoff from a dairy farm roadway
Dairy cow deposits on farm roadways are a potential source of contaminants entering streams. Phosphorus (P), suspended sediment (SS) and Escherichia coli (E. coli) loads…
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