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August 30, 2024
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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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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…
Journal Article
Geographically-explicit, dynamic partial equilibrium model of regional primary value chains – Mathematical formulation and application to forestry in Northland region of New Zealand
This paper lays out the mathematical foundation of the Primary Value Chains (PVC) model, which is a geographically explicit, dynamic partial equilibrium model of regional…
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Development of a Systems Model for Assessing Pathways to Resilient, Sustainable, and Profitable Agriculture in New Zealand
There is a clear research gap in understanding how future pathways and disruptions to the New Zealand (NZ) agricultural system will have an impact on…
Journal Article
The changing role of science and scientists in supporting community-centered land and water policy processes in Canterbury
In this case study, we examine the role of science and scientists in community-led collaborative policy processes. We outline the shift from science-led linear policy…
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The implications of lag times between nitrate leaching losses and riverine loads for water quality policy
Understanding the lag time between land management and impacts on riverine nitrate–nitrogen (N) loads is critical to understand when action to mitigate nitrate–N leaching losses…
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Testing indicators of resilience for rural communities
The resilience of rural communities is a concern, both in itself and for its effects on the agricultural sector. This article investigates the possibility of…
Cascade of Soil Erosion
Developing sediment models to enable land managers, water users, communities and iwi to set sediment-related water quality targets
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Rethinking the Whenua Around our Cities Could Help Turn the Table on our Food Crisis
By making the fertile land surrounding our cities more sustainably productive, we can improve our food, housing and wellbeing all at the same time. As…
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Artificial proteins in Aotearoa New Zealand: Imagining futures for new technologies
The rapid growth of the cultivated meat industry; how cultivated meat protein is made, recent developments in the sector, and the view from Aotearoa New…
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