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Paul Sutherland
Our Land and Water aims to improve the health of freshwater in Aotearoa by providing impartial, robust evidence that supports good farm management. Use the filters below to narrow down our farm management resources to those that are relevant to you.
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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…
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Our Land and Water Podcast Episode 6: We can make progress – but we need to work together
Local community involvement is one of the keys to the long-term health of our rivers and lakes, and communities like catchment groups can play a…
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Our Land and Water Podcast Episode 7: How Māori agribusiness appoaches could lead the way
Māori ways of thinking about land and water offer insights into ways of growing food that are more resilient, healthy and prosperous. In this episode…
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Our Land and Water Podcast Episode 8: How do we feed Kiwi families and communities?
We grow more food than we need in Aotearoa and yet many people are going hungry. So how do we connect production and distribution to…
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Research Spurs New Silvopasture Business
The company Verdantia Research was founded in 2023, commercialising research that was tested in a project funded by Our Land and Water. This article was…
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Te Ao Māori Approaches to Farming Enable Effective Local Solutions
The systems-thinking, holistic approaches to farming in te ao Māori have been demonstrated to enable effective local solutions, leading the way for others. This article…
Technical Report
Collective storytelling to improve freshwater ecosystem health through catchment community knowledge sharing
Water, the lifeblood of Aotearoa New Zealand, sustains our identity and wellbeing; nonetheless, freshwater environments (lakes, rivers, wetlands and aquifers) are significantly impacted by humans.…
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…
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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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LAWA: Actions for Healthy Waterways
The ‘Actions for Healthy Waterways’ topic on the Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) website presents the land management actions that New Zealanders have taken throughout…