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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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The mitigation of phosphorus losses from a water repellent soil used for grazed dairy farming
Soil water repellency (SWR) decreases the infiltration rate of soil, increasing the potential for surface runoff in response to rainfall (Bauters et al., 2000). The…
Whenua Life Values
An online tool to assist Māori agribusiness in making strategic decisions within a kaupapa Māori framework
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Quantifying contaminant losses to water from pastoral land uses in NZ II: The effects of some farm mitigation actions over the past two decades
In New Zealand the primary sector together with central and local government agencies have been promoting measures to mitigate the adverse effect of farming practices…
Summary
Cathy Taite-Jamieson and BioFarm: Dairy Farming with Nature in the Manawatū
Her organic BioFarm yoghurt is available in most supermarkets in Aotearoa but she only milks around 100 cows. Read more here about the Māori and…
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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…
Guidance
Monitoring macroinvertebrates in rivers
Macroinvertebrates are animals that lack a backbone and, while small, are large enough to be seen with the naked eye. The freshwater environments they inhabit…
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Collective storytelling as a river restoration tool: The role of catchment communities in inspiring environmental change
In Aotearoa New Zealand, catchment communities have been actively working to restore the health of their rivers, in some cases for many decades. Their knowledge…
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Direct exports of phosphorus from fertilizers applied to grazed pastures in Australasia
The 4R concept was developed to help mitigate P exports. This review investigates the factors affecting P exports soon after the application of mineral fertilizers…
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Resilience is a meaningful, measurable trait of communities
Community resilience can be quantified using available data to inform policy decisions. Identifying vulnerable or deprived communities in New Zealand is straightforward because social, cultural…
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