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A method to derive nitrogen transport factors for New Zealand’s agricultural lands

Risk index tools have the potential to assist farmers in making strategic decisions regarding their farm design to manage losses of nutrients. Such tools require…
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Potential groundwater recharge zones across New Zealand

Knowledge of groundwater recharge potential is required for sustainable groundwater management, including the assessment of vulnerability to contamination. This study maps (at 500m x 500m…
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Crafting collective management institutions in messy real-world settings: A call for action research

There is considerable interest in collective management as a potential solution to complex environmental problems, but existing research offers little guidance for the messy real-world…
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Webinar: Improving funding and support for collective action groups

At this webinar on 28 November 2023, those involved or interested in improving funding and support for empowering collective action groups to achieve complex environmental…
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Pohewa Pae Tawhiti (Visualising Horizons): a Māori holistic approach to the co-design of land-use systems

Exploring alternative land-uses, particularly alternatives to traditional productivist systems, is a key part of the transition towards sustainable future agricultural systems. However, decision-making around agricultural…
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Orchard soil characterisation

This study aimed to explore the role of different soil properties in relation to avocado orchard yield. Data from this study will also be incorporated…
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Monitoring to detect changes in water quality to meet policy objectives

Detecting change in water quality is key to providing evidence of progress towards meeting water quality objectives. A key measure for detecting change is statistical…
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Dynamics of phosphorus exchange between sediment and water in a gravel-bed river

Phosphorus (P) stores in gravel-bed rivers are released for uptake by periphyton when pH levels exceed 8.5. The Tukituki River has low alkalinity water and…
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Farm-scale carbon and nitrogen fluxes in pastoral dairy production systems using different nitrogen fertilizer regimes

The nitrogen (N) fertilizer application rate (kg ha/1 year) in pastoral dairy systems affects the flow of N through the soil, plant and animal pools…
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