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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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Journal Article
Sediment and water-column phosphorus chemistry in streams at baseflow across varying catchment geologies
Streams can attenuate inputs of phosphorus (P) and therefore dampen the likelihood of ecosystem eutrophication. This P attenuation derives from many processes and remains poorly…
Guidance
The Catchment Group Toolkit
Build your Catchment Group Toolkit with resources from Our Land and Water and NZ Landcare Trust. Below you will find links to practical tools and…
Technical Report
What are the opportunities to reduce variability in apple tree productivity through targeted (sub-block) water and nutrient application?
Most of New Zealand's apple production occurs on soils which have formed from alluvial (river movement) deposits. These soils range from clays to sand, to…
Journal Article
Collaborative Planning in Response to Policy Failure: The Case of Freshwater Management in Canterbury
This article identifies the factors behind a shift to collaborative planning in regional freshwater management. The case study explores the Canterbury Regional Council's failure to…
Journal Article
The land use suitability concept: Introduction and an application of the concept to inform sustainable productivity within environmental constraints
This paper addresses an application of the LUS concept: evaluating the suitability of land for sustained productivity subject to environmental constraints, as defined by water…
Journal Article
Transport and potential attenuation of nitrogen in shallow groundwaters in the lower Rangitikei catchment
Intensive agricultural activities are generally associated with nitrogen leaching from agricultural soils with potential to contaminate groundwater and surface waters. We studied nitrogen losses and…
Technical Report
Ecosystem-based solutions for climate change adaptation in rural landscapes of NZ
This report describes ways that nature can support farm systems to adapt to a future under climate change. Pastures that are more diverse, for example,…
Interactive Tool
Freshwater Improvement Scenario Builder
The Freshwater Improvement Scenario Builder is a tool for exploring the effect of mitigation strategies and land use change on water quality. It shows the…
Video
Incentives // The Value Chain Compass
As the name suggests, a value chain involves a series of linkages between the producers at one end of the chain and the final consumers…
Where are we conducting our research?
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