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What is eDNA?

Amy Gault, Freshwater and Community Science Lead from Wilderlab, talks about eDNA. She was filmed at Te Miro Farm, while sampling the source of the…
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Collaborative expert judgement analysis of uncertainty associated with catchment-scale nitrogen load modelling with OVERSEER

The widespread view that use of OVERSEER-derived N loss estimates to set catchment-scale nutrient limits is an inappropriate use of this tool needs to be…
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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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Enhancing mauri of land and water through land-use change

Located in the Waikato, Lake Waikare is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most polluted lakes. The Nikau Farm is a Maaori-owned farm at the southern…
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Land use and water quality (Editorial)

The issue of land use and land-use intensity has long been linked to water quality globally. Changing land use in New Zealand, especially in pastoral…
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Future Proteins: Risk or opportunity for Māori agribusiness?

Agriculture is woven into Aotearoa New Zealand’s national identity. A future that embraces alternative methods of accessing proteins has the potential for significant disruption at…
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Tool for relating land use/management to sediment rating curve for the Manawatu catchment

Visual clarity of water is the distance (in metres) through water that objects can be seen. It is variable over time because it depends on…
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Does using the Integration and Implementation framework lead to more fit for purpose science for environmental policy development? An initial look at a case study in Canterbury, New Zealand.

ICSEES, Cambridge, 2018
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Drivers for and Barriers to Land Use Change: Land Use Practice Change and Adoption

NZARES and Australasian Agricultural & Resource Economics Society Workshop, August 2018, Wellington
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