Land Use for Nutritious Diets

How can the research be used? Ka pēhea e whai take ai te rangahau?

• The Healthier Lives research will identify an optimal New Zealand diet that has co-benefits for both health and climate.
• The research contributed by Our Land and Water will identify suitable land to produce ingredients for this diet. Land-use opportunities will be identified in catchments that are unlikely to meet water quality targets without land-use change, plus other suitable land areas if necessary. This will test the validity and ease with which we can meet targets for water quality and greenhouse gas emissions.
• Healthier Lives will identify a range of feasible and acceptable policies that could help New Zealanders move towards a diet that maximises health and environmental co-benefits.
• This research also aims to identify the potential change in societal costs of moving to an optimal diet, including the costs of changes in land use and health outcomes.