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Technical Report

Global Guidance on Environmental Life Cycle Impact Assessment Indicators – Volume 2

Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) approaches for the characterisation of acidification and eutrophication aim to trace the fate of an acidifying or eutrophying emission, the…
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Interoperable Models for Land and Water: Framework selection and preliminary design (consultation draft)

Key objectives for this research include providing a nationally applicable system of models, in an open source interoperability framework, which draws on national datasets where…
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Guiding phosphorus stewardship for multiple ecosystems services

We propose a conceptual framework‚ the ‘phosphorus ecosystem services cascade' (PESC)‚ to integrate the key ecosystem processes and functions that moderate the relationship between P…
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Nutrient losses from global dairy production systems differ

The demand for dairy produce is growing alongside concerns about the impact of intensive dairying on water quality owing to nutrient loss. We found that…
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Monitoring to detect changes in water quality to meet policy objectives

Detecting change in water quality is key to providing evidence of progress towards meeting water quality objectives. A key measure for detecting change is statistical…
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The Value Project

The Value Project website explores how Aotearoa New Zealand can generate greater returns from sustainable production.The website captures case studies, videos and researcher insights from…
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Reference conditions and threshold values for nitrate-nitrogen in New Zealand groundwaters

Management of groundwater quality is assisted by an understanding of reference conditions, which describe the concentration ranges expected for key substances in the absence of…
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Presentation

Towards an improved understanding and management of uncertainty in science investigations of environment policy options

9th International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software, 2018
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