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The Power of the Current Monitoring Network to Detect Nitrate Reductions in the Selwyn-Waihora Zone

Plan Change 1 (PC1) of the Canterbury Land andWater Regional Plan included requirements for farmers in the Selwyn-Waihora catchment to reduce nitrate discharges to groundwater…
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Measuring real-time nitrogen loss in cropping

Research showed it was possible to measure and reduce nitrogen (N) loss in real-time from a vegetable production paddock in the Hawke’s Bay. How effective…
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A strategy for optimizing catchment management actions to stressor–response relationships in freshwaters

Defining a receiving environment,-value-contaminant system and determining a specific stressor–response relationship for that system provide valuable decision support strategy to optimize management actions toward a…
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The Land Resource Circle: Supporting land-use decision making with an ecosystem-service-based framework of soil functions

Land information has in the past focused on the key land and soil properties that physically or chemically support or limit the use of land.…
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Mana-Centred Local Food System Model

Local food systems need to include more than fruit and vegetable producers. There are different categories of food based on processing and regulations. Our wild…
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Land Use Suitability Programme

Our Land and Water Symposium, April 2017
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Measuring actual denitrification to understand nitrogen loads through aquifers

Ne is an inert, soluble, gas which is present in air and has been used in international studies to understand recharge conditions. The aim of…
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Improving water quality outcomes through real-time quality monitoring: Final report

Effective and reliable, continuous nitrate groundwater sensor monitoring has significant potential for application at the catchment level over several years – to help support a…
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Regenerative principles applied in New Zealand

This report summarises and describes 11 principles drawn from multiple focus groups with NZ farmers and growers. Some principles are focused on encouraging farm practices…
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