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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.
Technical Report
Faecal source tracking to understand the role of introduced predators and avian species on water quality assessments in the Makiriri Reserve, Dannevirke
Escherichia coli are used as indicators of faecal contamination in water quality assessments, but ‘naturalised’ non-faecal E. coli and non-pathogenic E. coli-like bacteria can confound…
Technical Report
Barriers to diversification
This report covers a project funded by Our Land and Water, to investigate the challenges faced by landowners when they seek to diversify via land…
Journal Article
The implications of lag times between nitrate leaching losses and riverine loads for water quality policy
Understanding the lag time between land management and impacts on riverine nitrate–nitrogen (N) loads is critical to understand when action to mitigate nitrate–N leaching losses…
Guidance
Designing Freshwater Monitoring Programmes to Detect Early Improvement
This short guidance document is to support the design of freshwater monitoring programmes to detect early improvement and is for regional councils, government, and multi-agency…
Journal Article
Do soil cadmium concentrations decline after phosphate fertilizer application is stopped: A comparison of long-term pasture trials in NZ
Stopping phosphorus (P) fertiliser can decrease topsoil cadmium (Cd) concentrations. Stopping P fertiliser applications reduced soil Cd concentrations after 21 and 26 years. Reductions only…
Journal Article
Geography Matters for Small Advanced Economies: Implications for Economic Strategy
New Zealand is a small advanced economy in the South Pacific Ocean. Policy advisors often compare New Zealand’s economic performance with those of other successful…
Technical Report
An introduction and guide to the ‘alternative agricultures’: an enquiry into values
This report provides a short history of ‘alternative agricultures’ to show where regenerative agriculture has emerged from – and tackles the interesting question of whether…
Video
Perception of Drone Use in Environmental Management
Can drones be used to efficiently demonstrate environmental compliance and thus ecological sustainability? This short video describes research that investigated the perceptions of farmers and…
Technical Report
Revitalising Te Taiao: How to co-design a place-based approach to support purposeful change and resilience
Aotearoa-New Zealand and international examples were reviewed by the project team with a range of criteria detailed to allow for an analysis of what were…
Technical Report
Canterbury Farmers’ and Rural Professionals’ Perception of Drone Use in Environmental Management
The purpose of this research project is to identify barriers to, and incentives to overcome the challenges of, integrating drone use to achieve better environmental…
Video
Overview of Regenerative Agriculture in Aotearoa
The 1st webinar in a series of 5 about regenerative agriculture in New Zealand, held on 26 October 2021. Speakers: Dr Gwen Grelet (Manaaki Whenua…
Journal Article
Assessing the leaching of cadmium in an irrigated and grazed pasture soil
To decrease topsoil cadmium (Cd) concentrations we need to make inputs < outputs. Phosphorus fertiliser is the main input of Cd and leaching the main…