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November 02, 2023
Resources for
Government
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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.
Guidance
Six Criteria for Selecting Fit-for-Purpose Indicators
For OLW research, there are six criteria that are the most important for ensuring indicators are useful. Fit-for-purpose indicators are: accepted by stakeholders, valid, clearly…
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…
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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
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…
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
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,…