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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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Guidance

Impacts of sediment on kōaro

This is one of a collection of 11 fact sheets bringing together existing scientific information on the impacts of sediment on freshwater and estuarine fish…
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Eutrophication Product Footprinting

Eutrophication indicators will help New Zealand agribusiness reduce environmental impacts and meet expected new European environmental standards
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Technical Report

Meeting the Needs of the Assurance Sector: Informing the Kaitiaki Intelligence Platform Design

This report outlines the environmental reporting data sought from Māori Agribusiness Collectives by regulators, industry, and sustainability assurance schemes in general. It identifies the types…
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Guidance

Rangatiratanga o te Wai Facilitation Programme

The Rangatira o Te Wai Facilitation Programme has been developed to assist and empower iwi, hapū and mana whenua to prepare for Te Mana o…
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Technical Report

SedNetNZ, SLUI and contaminant generation. Part 1: Sediment and water clarity

Horizons Regional Council asked Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research to document the use of SedNetNZ in the Horizons region; update the assessment of the impact…
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Interactive Tool

Agrivoltaics assessment tool for Canterbury farmers

Do you have an interest in knowing if your property is suitable for solar? Agrivoltaics is the integration of solar and agricultural activities. It offers…
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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…
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Journal Article

A Proposed New Approach to Identify Limiting Factors in Assessing Land Suitability for Sustainable Land Management

Making optimal use of scarce resources in developing countries is a major challenge for sustainable crop production. Characterization of factors limiting crop production is an…
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Where are we conducting our research?

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