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Presentation

Development of linked frameworks to represent and manage catchment-scale contaminant transport for improved water quality outcomes

Freshwater Society Conference, November 2017
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Technical Report

Barriers to Environmental Change

Farming in New Zealand is changing. The environmental impacts of farming are presenting more interlinked challenges. The pressure is on farmers to shift from the…
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Video

Winning the Green Premium: Red Meat Sector webinar

Red meat consumers are demanding ever-greater sustainability in their food choices. That comes with a financial cost. How can producers earn more to cover these…
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Video

Worker Requirements Webinar

Labour shortages in the agrifood sector were highlighted when Covid-19 closed borders, but the underlying shortages go back further. For example, the conversion of sheep,…
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Map

Potential Groundwater Recharge Zones in New Zealand – image

Map of the potential groundwater recharge zones across New Zealand (500m x 500m resolution), which can be used to identify areas of high nutrient leaching…
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Technical Report

Land Use Diversification Challenges and opportunities for three North Canterbury farmers

This project concentrated on the unique opportunity to assess three separate farm businesses and the proposed changes to their systems, illustrating the environmental impacts and…
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Summary

Revealing Groundwater's Denitrification Capacity

A new way to measure denitrification in groundwater has been proved, and could make analysing groundwater's denitrification capacity more accessible for regional councils and farmers.…
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Technical Report

Signals for Land Stewards: Final Report

Signals are information from the environment that either enable or prevent a farmer from moving along a constructive change process, whether they are at the…
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Where are we conducting our research?

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