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Presentation

Development of Next Generation Farming Systems using a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making framework

Land Use and Water Quality Agriculture and the Environment, June 2019, Denmark
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Guidance

Guidance for Catchment Groups to Develop Farm Plans

Printable 4-step plan for catchment groups to develop effective farm plans (PDF, 1 page). To make farm plans an effective tool for improving waterways, we…
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Implementing Te Mana o Te Wai

Supporting iwi, hapū, water users, and decision-makers to understand and implement policy that prioritises Te Mana o te Wai
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Technical Report

Interoperable Modelling – spatial economic optimisation

In this report we describe the application of the spatial modelling and optimisation framework LUMASS as a spatial optimisation tool in the Interoperable Modelling Project.…
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Presentation

De-Risking Land-Use Transformation in New Zealand

Agricultural Economics Society, April 2019, Belgium
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Journal Article

Balancing the Push and Pull factors of Land-Use Change: A New Zealand Case-Study

New Zealand is increasingly facing environmental and social challenges associated with its current land-use choices. There is therefore a drive to find ways to continue…
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Journal Article

Predicting improved optical water quality in rivers resulting from soil conservation actions on land

Soil conservation not only conserves soil but it improves the water clarity of water in rivers. This improvement may be estimated by the methods shown…
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Summary

Online Tools Show Where Land-Use Change Needs to be Considered

We now know where land use needs to change, to meet New Zealand policy expectations for water quality. This article was prepared as an impact…
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