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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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Refinement of the Framework for Assessment of Recreational Water Quality

Regional and city council staff now have a documented process to follow when faecal contamination is identified in freshwater, created by ESR researchers involved in…
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Open-Access Evidence Base

This open-access evidence base neatly organises by issue links to 1500 international and domestic primary sources of information, vetted for relevance and credibility. It includes…
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Developing a framework to assess the impacts of land use change using wellbeing indicators

An in-progress update on the development of a framework to measure the true (integrated) effects of land use change, focussed on the selection of wellbeing…
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Towards developing Aotearoa value chains – presentation

One of the most interesting findings from the Rewarding Sustainable Practices research programme was the importance of sets of shared values across the value chain.…
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Water quality issues facing dairy farming: potential natural and built attenuation of nitrate losses in sensitive agricultural catchments

We developed a conceptual catchment-scale modelling analysis assessing potential natural and built attenuation of nitrate losses from dairy farming in the Tararua and Rangitikei catchments…
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Matatau Whenua Guidelines – Infographic

The Matatau Whenua Guidelines will assist whenua Māori landowners and decision-makers incorporate traditional Māori knowledge, or mātauranga, into land-use decision-making. The guidelines, are divided into…
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Integrating Multiple Stressors and Lake Resilience into Lake Management Frameworks

Session: Drivers of Change Presentation: Evolving the Paradigm: Integrating Multiple Stressors and Lake Resilience into Lake Management Frameworks Speakers: Marc Schallenberg
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Where are we conducting our research?

This interactive map shows the location of all our research projects to help connect you with the research happening in your catchment.

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