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August 30, 2024
Our Land and Water has now ended.
Our mission was to preserve the most fundamental treasures of Aotearoa – its land and water – while producing value from those same treasures.
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Summary
Orbiting kiwifruit water meters
Satellites passing overhead could assess water in kiwifruit canopy leaves and help identify when irrigation is needed. As councils tighten up on water allocations, keeping…
Presentation
Rewarding Sustainable Practices: Introducing the Value Chain Compass
Researchers from the Agribusiness & Economic Research Unit (AERU) were asked by Our Land & Water to investigate the role of value chains in rewarding…
Land Use Opportunities
Developing a holistic decision-making framework for evaluating land use opportunities.
This project has produced
Model
Future scenarios for arable agriculture – model
This model allows the exploration of scenarios related to the profitability, resilience, and sustainability of arable agriculture in New Zealand over the next 5–30 years.…
Guidance
Impacts of sediment on banded kōkopu
This is one of a collection of 11 fact sheets bringing together existing scientific information on the impacts of sediment on freshwater and estuarine fish…
Journal Article
Demonstrating efficacy of on-land management actions to improve water quality: How can we quantify what actions have been done?
We reviewed 91 global publications and proceedings between 1989 and 2019 which assessed the complexities related to recording and reporting sustainable land use actions with…
Journal Article
Towards best-practice inclusion of cultural indicators in decision making by Indigenous Peoples
The purpose of this article is to explore the state of knowledge of cultural indicators internationally and in Aotearoa New Zealand. Cultural indicators are a…
Method
Outcome Spaces Framework
A practical framework to plan for preferred outcomes in transdisciplinary projects. The outcome is a map that compiles the project outcomes expected by the collective…
Summary
Alternative Feeds to Hit Emissions Targets
Agricultural emissions targets could be met by 2030 by increasing brassica and grains in cattle diets by 20–30%, with stocking rates reduced just 5%, finds…
Where are we conducting our research?
This interactive map shows the location of all our research projects to help connect you with the research happening in your catchment.
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Our Key Collaborators
