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November 02, 2023
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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Climate Change Impacts on Land Use Suitability – webinar
This webinar discusses the potential impacts of climate change on pastoral, arable and horticultural farm systems, and appropriate adaptation measures. Anne-Gaelle is leading the Climate…
Journal Article
Long-term atmospheric carbon dioxide enrichment decreases soil phosphorus availability in a grazed temperate pasture
Elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide (eCO2) associated with climate change increases plant production and soil nutrient transformations. However, changes in soil phosphorus (P) availability and dynamics…
Journal Article
Measuring rural community resilience: Case studies in NZ and Vermont, USA
Methods for assessing community resilience have focused predominantly on disaster recovery. There is a need for quantitative measurement tools for assessing community resilience to slow-moving…
Journal Article
Plant species rather than elevated atmospheric CO2 impacts rhizosphere properties and phosphorus fractions in a phosphorus deficient soil
By 2050, elevated atmospheric CO2 (eCO2) could stimulate plant growth, but dwindling phosphorus (P) stocks in the soil could limit growth. However, little is known…
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Summary: Can Regen Ag Promote Ecosystem-Based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation?
Nature’s contributions to adaptation are the ecological properties and functions which people can manage and govern to regulate risks from climate change (and related hazards)…
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Projected wine grape cultivar shifts due to climate change in New Zealand
Climate change has already been affecting the regional suitability of grapevines. This has significant implications for New Zealand. We modeled key crop phenological stages to…
Technical Report
Determining the greenhouse gas reduction potential of regenerative agricultural practices
New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions are heavily influenced by agricultural activities, which account for 48% of total emissions. Most of these emissions come from methane…
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Drought: Farm Profits and Community Resilience
This webinar looked at the strong relationship between more intense future drought and drops in farm profit, and how we might identify vulnerable rural communities…
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Drought: What Does the Future Look Like for Farmers and Growers?
This webinar covered recent drought projections for New Zealand to the end of this century, describing a wetter west and drier east (particularly in winter),…
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Drought: What to Grow and Where?
This webinar discussed the on-farm effects of projected changes in climate, such as a shift in pasture growth season, land use opportunities that might arise,…
Summary
If the climate is changing, will land use need to change?
The earth’s surface has gradually been warming up since the beginning of the 20th century – by as much as 1C in some places. One…
Technical Report
Creating a diverse and sustainable dairy farming and forestry landscape
Analysis of the results and discussion indicates that our hypothesis did not eventuate. There was not the increase in pasture production in the ‘shade’ environment…