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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
Indirect faecal source tracking methods to elucidate critical sources and contaminant transfers through catchments – a review
In New Zealand, there is substantial potential for microbial contaminants from agricultural fecal sources to be transported into waterways. Understanding contaminant transport pathways from catchment…
Journal Article
Phosphorus applications adjusted to optimal crop yields can help sustain global phosphorus reserves
With the longevity of phosphorus reserves uncertain, distributing phosphorus to meet food production needs is a global challenge. Here we match plant-available soil Olsen phosphorus…
Video
Using eDNA to identify taonga species: Te Miro Farm case study
This research project aimed to enable farmers to see where wildlife and farmed animals are contributing to environmental DNA (eDNA), provide a method to detect…
Journal Article
Reflecting on the journey of environmental farm planning in NZ
Environmental farm planning in New Zealand dates to the 1950s when soil conversation plans were first undertaken. Since then the extent and complexity of whole…
Presentation
Towards an improved understanding and management of uncertainty in science investigations of environment policy options
9th International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software, 2018
Journal Article
Impact of delivering green dairy products on farm in New Zealand
This paper aims to explore whether consumers' willingness-to-pay (WTP) a price premium could incentivise dairy farmers to deliver products with credence attributes (CAs) in New…
Guidance
New Zealand’s farmers are trusted, but there’s still work to do
In 2022-2023, a series of research projects by the Our Land and Water National Science Challenge explored New Zealanders sense of connection and trust in…
Infographic
State of Grain: Impacts & risks for dairy farmers
This infographic depicts the risks, supply and demand for imported feed in New Zealand. The PDF of this infographic linked below will print on two…
Linking Legacies to Wai
Accounting for lag times and natural concentrations of contaminants in groundwater
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