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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Project Summary: A Risk Assessment Approach for Prioritising Actions in Farm Environment Plans
This article summarises the results of a Rural Professionals Fund project that aimed to produce a prototype geospatial tool to identify and prioritise management practices…
Value Co-Creation // The Value Chain Compass
A feature of food and fibre value chains is that creation of value for consumers requires collaboration among the partners of the chain. There is…
Indicators in the NZ Sustainability Dashboard: An Overview of their Structure and Application
This report outlines the concept and structure of the New Zealand Sustainability Dashboard (NZSD), describes the NZSD sustainability indicators framework and details how the individual…
Summer forage crops: Options for a drystock farm based on a Waikato case study
Options are required for drystock farmers to fill the summer feed gap. As part of the `Summer-safe multi-species cattle pasture’ project funded by the Our…
Mitigation of phosphorus, sediment and Escherichia coli losses in runoff from a dairy farm roadway
Dairy cow deposits on farm roadways are a potential source of contaminants entering streams. Phosphorus (P), suspended sediment (SS) and Escherichia coli (E. coli) loads…
A review of the policies and implementation of practices to decrease water quality impairment by phosphorus in NZ, the UK, and the US
We outline policy in New Zealand, the UK, and the US who have imposed limits for P. We contrast the strategies used and discuss their…
Workforce Implications of Land-Use Change
Investigating workforce as a constraint on land-use changes
This project has produced
Enhancing Māori agribusiness through kaitiakitanga tools
This report focuses on Māori agribusinesses and their dynamic and holistic approach to natural resources that seek to balance commercial and cultural imperatives. An overview…
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…
Where are we conducting our research?
This interactive map shows the location of all our research projects to help connect you with the research happening in your catchment.
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