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November 02, 2023
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Sector Transformation
Our Land and Water has a transformational mission to reconfigure the agrifood and fibre system in Aotearoa to enable resilient, healthy and prosperous land uses that improve the vitality of te Taiao. We also work to transform the science system itself.
Technical Report
The Matrix of Drivers 2016: Driving Better Investment and Accelerating Impact Through a Prioritisation Matrix
This report presents the first stage of an overview of international and national drivers which have the potential to affect land use change and/or practice.…
Technical Report
A Data Ecosystem for Land and Water Data to Achieve the Challenge Mission
To address the question ‘What are the best data structures for land and water information to achieve the Challenge Mission?’ a small group of experts…
Technical Report
How Value Chains Can Share Value and Incentivise Land Use Practices
The research team was commissioned to write a paper on how value chains can better share value (economic, environmental, social and cultural) from consumer to…
Technical Report
Shifting from land-use capability to land-use suitability
The LUS classification system will be based on concatenation of three categories: land-use potential, contribution to catchment contaminant delivery, and pressure in receiving environments (Fig.…
Technical Report
Next generation systems: a framework for prioritising innovation
There is increasing recognition that the land-based sectors will need new primary production systems to break the lock-step relationship between profitability and production, and environmental…
Journal Article
When experts disagree: The need to rethink indicator selection for assessing sustainability of agriculture
Sustainability indicators are well recognized for their potential to assess and monitor sustainable development of agricultural systems. A large number of indicators are proposed in…
Technical Report
Enabling a transformation in New Zealand’s bioeconomy
The OECD called for a global transition towards a bioeconomy in 2009, which resulted in a number of nations adopting strategies to develop their bioeconomy.…
Technical Report
Targets for sustainable and resilient agriculture (TSARA): a New Zealand perspective
Targets for sustainable and resilient agriculture (TSARA) is a European research programme investigating land uses and changes to land uses, and their potential to support…
Technical Report
Interoperable Models for Land and Water Framework selection and preliminary design
This report presents a proposal for the development of an interoperable modelling system suitable for integrated spatial assessment the economic, production and environmental implications of…
Technical Report
Stocktake of Indicator Projects
This ‘stocktake’ report identifies and describes 28 projects or programmes that were involved in assembling indicators about agriculture and the environment. Some of these focus…
Technical Report
Applying the concept of resilience to an integrated research programme
The aim of this report was to provide transparency for improved strategy, co-ordination and integration of the Collaborative Capacity (now called Pathways to Transition) theme…
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…