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2020 Smarter Targeting of Erosion Control (STEC) News

  1. Swiss students down under (in so many ways)

    Manaaki Whenua hosted 4 Swiss over the spring of 2019 as part of the “Smarter targeting of erosion control” STEC programme.

  2. Introducing the Haunui erosion and sediment research catchment

    Understanding the connectivity between sediment sources and the stream network is critical for the STEC programme.

  3. Geochemical fingerprinting to target sediment sources in the Oreti catchment

    Sediment fingerprinting is a technique for understanding where sediment entering our streams and rivers comes from. The technique utilizes properties of soils and sediments, like their geochemistry, to characterize different erosion sources and determine their relative contributions to the sediment ...

  4. Test - Temporal Erosion and Sediment Transport Model

    Since European settlement in New Zealand, large-scale catchment disturbance has led to increased erosion rates and the delivery of fine sediment to rivers, lakes and estuaries.

  5. Landslides, Erosion, and Insurance Claims

    Erosion in New Zealand has many social and economic impacts, such as reduced soil fertility and productivity, decreased carbon sequestration, sediment impacts in water bodies, and damage to properties and infrastructure.

  6. Improving understanding of the effectiveness of space-planted trees in reducing shallow landslide erosion

    Evidence for the current assumptions on the effectiveness of treatment of erodible hill country in New Zealand is poor.

  7. Shallow landslide susceptibility analysis supports better targeting of erosion control

    Manaaki Whenua is leading research to develop and apply quantitative approaches for determining shallow landslide susceptibility within the Smarter Targeting of Erosion Control research programme.