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Researchers
Andrii Medvediuk, 123RF
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Method
Tool for relating land use/management to sediment rating curve for the Manawatu catchment
Visual clarity of water is the distance (in metres) through water that objects can be seen. It is variable over time because it depends on…
Technical Report
SedNetNZ, SLUI and contaminant generation. Part 2: Nitrogen, phosphorus and E. coli
Horizons Regional Council (HRC) requested Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research (MWLR) to update SedNetNZ for the HRC region and use the results to assess the…
Journal Article
Values-led management: the guidance of place-based values in environmental relationships of the past, present, and future.
The prevalence of widespread, human-caused ecological degradation suggests that fundamental change is needed in how societies interact with the environment. In this paper we argue…
Journal Article
The land use suitability concept: Introduction and an application of the concept to inform sustainable productivity within environmental constraints
This paper addresses an application of the LUS concept: evaluating the suitability of land for sustained productivity subject to environmental constraints, as defined by water…
Presentation
Drivers for and Barriers to Land Use Change: Land Use Practice Change and Adoption
NZARES and Australasian Agricultural & Resource Economics Society Workshop, August 2018, Wellington
Presentation
Applying a Multi-Criteria Decision Making Framework to Facilitate Adoption of Next Generation Land-Use Systems in New Zealand
A land-use assessment framework has been developed by Next Generation Systems research to explore opportunities for adopting more suitable land use and to identify gaps…
Presentation
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
Journal Article
Managing diffuse phosphorus at the source versus at the sink
Judicious phosphorus (P) management is a global grand challenge and critical to achieving water quality objectives while maintaining food production. The management of point sources…
Journal Article
Variability of Escherichia coli Concentrations in Rivers during Base-Flow Conditions in NZ
We compared the variability of E. coli concentrations in baseflow of 3 different-sized rivers in both summer and winter at the time scales of minutes,…
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…
Journal Article
An event-based model of soil erosion and sediment transport at the catchment scale
Soil conservation over large areas is expensive and needs to be targeted to obtain maximum benefit for the least cost. In this paper, an event-based…