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People who work in government ministries and agencies can implement policies that support farmers and growers to restore soil, waterways and wildlife, while they grow great food. These resources can help guide a transition to mosaics of land use that are healthy, prosperous and resilient.

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Journal Article

A review of regulations and guidelines related to winter manure application

Winter manure application elevates nutrient losses and impairment of water quality compared to applications in other seasons. We reviewed worldwide mandatory regulations and voluntary guidelines…
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Presentation

Examining co-production and the role of brokers within NZ’s ‘science advisory ecosystem’

A crisis in expertise: Legitimacy and the challenge of policymaking conference, Melbourne. February 2018 | Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), September 2018
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Technical Report

A review of New Zealand’s commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals

This think piece highlights an opportunity for New Zealand’s National Science Challenges (NSCs) to make a distinctive and lasting contribution to the UN Sustainable Development…
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Technical Report

The Matrix of Drivers: 2018 Update

The Matrix of Drivers draws upon 650 unique sources of information (494 international and 156 domestic) of academic, industry, regulatory and legislative origin. This 2019…
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Technical Report

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…
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Technical Report

Technologies and Audit Systems for Authenticating Food Trust

Collaborative value chains that effectively communicate credence attributes will help enhance New Zealand’s global reputation for sustainable and high quality primary products. This report describes…
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Technical Report

Targets for Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture (TSARA): Indicators and modelling for the Sustainable Development Goals

This report describes an expanded set of indicators that can be used to measure progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals and show how they…
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Presentation

Towards an improved understanding and management of uncertainty in science investigations of environment policy options

9th International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software, 2018
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Journal Article

Transformation Is ‘Experienced, Not Delivered’: Insights from Grounding the Discourse in Practice to Inform Policy and Theory

Calls for transformation, transformative research, and transformational impact are increasingly heard from governments, industry and universities to set a course towards sustainability. This paper contributes…
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Presentation

Sink or swim: A radical overhaul to water policy-making approach in NZ: A case study of lake Te Waihora

4th International water resources and wetlands conference, Tulcea, September 2018
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Guidance

Wellbeing Economics: The Capabilities Approach to Prosperity

This free (open-access PDF) book sets out a wellbeing economics framework that directly addresses fundamental issues affecting wellbeing outcomes. The book examines national public policy,…
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Identifying resilience dimensions and thresholds: evidence from four rural communities in NZ

Community resilience is a critical determinant of how a community can cope with stressors and disturbances, but has proved difficult to conceptualise and measure. This…
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