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Resources related to
Climate Change
NIWA
The changing climate will affect our land-use options, our water quality and availability, and will test the resilience of our communities. These resources aim to help Aotearoa’s primary sector adapt to a future where extreme weather events are more frequent.
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Video
Our Land and Water Podcast Episode 1: How bad is our water quality, really?
For the past eight years, Our Land and Water has funded research with the goal of improving the health of our rivers and lakes here…
Video
Our Land and Water Podcast Episode 3: What else can we grow here – and where?
Researchers in Our Land and Water have catalogued a wide range of land-use opportunities for Aotearoa that expand the possibilities you might have previously considered…
Guidance
Why Pines? A context for recent research results which appear to support land conversion into pine forestry
Four research programmes funded by the Our Land and Water (Toitū te Whenua, Toiora te Wai) National Science Challenge (OLW) and completed in autumn 2024…
Journal Article
Modelling to identify direct risks for New Zealand agriculture due to climate change
Climate change will affect New Zealand’s diverse range of climatic systems in different ways. The impacts on agriculture are expected to vary with geographical location…
Journal Article
Silvopastoral agroforestry systems for dryland corners in Canterbury farms
Potential future water constraints on dry areas of Canterbury farms, combined with existing animal welfare requirements, have spurred interest in practices such as agroforestry that…
Journal Article
Agrivoltaics for small ruminants: A review
The mitigation of climate change will require the large-scale uptake of renewable energy generation, in particular wind and solar. Utility-scale solar photovoltaics (PVs), or solar…
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Signals for Land Stewards
Identifying the signals that influence farmers and growers when implementing environmental practice change
This project has produced
EU Green Deal: Impact on NZ Exports
The European Union’s Green Deal’s impact on primary production exports
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Retiring Farmland into Ngahere
Restoring Aotearoa together: Triple the area, at one-third the cost
This project has produced
Land-Use Scenarios for Nikau Farm
What land uses would provide long-term sustainability for the Nikau whānau and the Taiao in their rohe?
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Future Scenarios for Arable Agriculture
Modelling pathways to sustainability, resilience and profitability in arable agriculture
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