Environment

South Waikato get advice from Fonterra and help from NZ Landcare Trust’s Nathan Burkepile.

Models will give more accurate predictions how large wildfires will spread.

Bay of Plenty couple's biodiversity focus proves positive for farming operation.

Foothills Catchment Group founding member and Mid Canty Feds president believes farmers need to feel a direct stake in a catchment group for their actions to be effective.

Catchment communities need to own the issues they’re trying to address, a former Feds South Canty president says.

The fact that farmers are targeted for the very things that local councils get away with has Alan Emerson holding his nose.

Soil degradation claims draw scathing response from researchers.

After decades on the frontlines, AgResearch’s Dr Trevor James is still waging a battle against the upstarts of the plant world.

Principles of sustainablity ‘are equally relevant to other parts of our lives’ says Ashburton Water Zone Committee member Anglea Cushnie.

Umbrella body intends to share resources and have greater input in government policy.

A newly released guide aims to help farmers turn poor-performing land into ngahere (native bush), cutting the cost from $20,000/ha to as low as $3000/ha.

University of Canterbury launches tree-planting programme at research area.

Fewer large floods in Southland allows build-up of gravel and sediment.

This Western Bay of Plenty dairy and drystock unit – in a particularly sensitive part of a sensitive catchment – has undergone a transformation in the past three years.

Sustained flow that historically carried sediment and gravel out to sea has reduced.

Beds higher on almost a third of major Canterbury rivers.

Dramatic shifts in ecosystems tracked in new study of forested vs deforested streams.

Ballance Agri-Nutrients science and strategy manager Warwick Catto unpacks the ethical obligations of ecological reporting.

High-res mapping of 3935km2 of land in Central Otago complete.

Twenty-five cases of significant non-compliance reported in 2022-23 season.

While much has been achieved in helping farms make changes, the Wai Kōkopu catchment group is under no illusion there is plenty more to be done.

Council said to have promised changes to Regional Land and Water Management Plan.

$7m top-up from DoC will allow programmes to continue this financial year.

Phil Weir takes insights from renovating the family home and extends them to the borders of his farm.

Enviroschools fund oversubscribed as Manawatū-Whanganui schools clamour for sustainability projects.

Spokesperson says recent criticism ‘leaves readers misinformed’.

Meetings aim to give rural and urban communities essential information about the freshwater reform process.

More than 170 big guns in food production sign up to programme of large-scale, long-term systemic change.

Environmental advocates launch new application for EPA review of herbicide.

Govt co-funds 100 new chargers on 19 popular routes with many set to be ready by Christmas.

Farmers and environmentalists share a goal: healthier land use, say Chris Falconer and Marnie Prickett.

Researchers, iwi in $10m project combining indigenous knowledge and practices and science to safeguard food supply

Julian Reti Kaukau, 2021 Kellogg Scholar, talks with Bryan Gibson about his Kellogg research, and gives insights into some of his work with MPI Māori Agribusiness.

The Revitalise Te Taiao programme gathered its people on the shores of Lake Wānaka, to review and focus on future plans for putting research into action.

Claims about industry hedged with assumptions and extrapolations.

Report clarifies decisions that need to be taken if credits are route to protecting environment.