Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research

New Zealand's foremost environmental research organisation.

Re–defining the ‘Big Ice’

Antarctica – worthy of greater protection

Landcare research scientists have taken a big step to ensuring ongoing protection of Antarctica.

Led by Fraser Morgan, they have undertaken a classification of the physical environment of the entire continent, which is now considered the leading environmental information database for the continent.

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Case study: Land links to water–based business

The Landcare  Research–led Integrated Catchment Management Programme at Motueka is helping to  create a better understanding of how activities in area affect one another, as  this 2008 case study  for the Crown Company Monitoring Advisory Unit (CCMAU) explains.

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Science in Focus - Informatics

Informatics

We are a newly formed team within Landcare Research bringing together individuals with cross–disciplinary skills that frequently combine knowledge of Informatics together with more traditional science disciplines.

Our work covers a spectrum of activities:

The Informatics Team currently has 28 staff and a number of contractors. We have specific expertise in the areas of Remote Sensing, GIS, Database application development, Biodiversity Informatics and Biometrics.

Informatics may be defined as the study of the application of computer science, computational, statistical and visualisation techniques for improving acquisition, storage, management, access, utilisation and dissemination of information.


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