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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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Summary
Transition of Pine Forests to Natives: Summary for Farmers
This handout provides a high-level outline of the management plan and economics to use pines as a nurse crop to establish natives. An indicative comparison…
Technical Report
Indicators in the NZ Sustainability Dashboard: An Overview of their Structure and Application
This report outlines the concept and structure of the New Zealand Sustainability Dashboard (NZSD), describes the NZSD sustainability indicators framework and details how the individual…
Video
Climate Change Impacts on Land Use Suitability – webinar
This webinar discusses the potential impacts of climate change on pastoral, arable and horticultural farm systems, and appropriate adaptation measures. Anne-Gaelle is leading the Climate…
Journal Article
Global mapping of freshwater nutrient enrichment and periphyton growth potential
Periphyton (algal) growth in many freshwater systems is associated with severe eutrophication that can impair productive and recreational use of water by billions of people.…
Summary
Panel on Catchment Groups Reveals a Key Tension
Our Land and Water held its final Symposium in Wellington in May 2024. During the Symposium, there was a discussion panel about catchment groups: Catchment…
Retiring Farmland into Ngahere
Restoring Aotearoa together: Triple the area, at one-third the cost
This project has produced
Journal Article
Trusting in the ‘Eye in the Sky'? Farmers' and Auditors' Perceptions of Drone Use in Environmental Auditing
Worldwide, the agricultural sector is under pressure to demonstrate environmental sustainability. In New Zealand, farm environment plans (FEPs) and their auditing were intended to guide…
Technical Report
Does the quality of drinking water (bore vs town supply) influence water intake, milk production and animal preferences in dairy cattle?
Water intake and feed intake are closely related in cattle, thus conditions that restrict water intake are likely to influence production. Cattle are sensitive to…
Summary
Growing More Grain: Impacts & Opportunities for Dairy Farmers
New Zealand’s livestock sectors are reliant on imported grain and PKE. Recently completed research asks whether growing more grain in New Zealand is a viable…
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