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For peat’s sake!
2 March 2021
The Waikato Region has about 90,000 ha of peatlands – around 40% of New Zealand’s peat resource – formed over the past 10–14,000 years from the slow accumulation (in mm per year) of peat derived from wetland vegetation under saturated conditions.
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Pūtaiao
Progress in soil health – a new framework for policy development
2 March 2021
Further progress has been made to understand soil health by using a wider focus on values and well-being, along with an in-depth understanding of Te Ao Māori (Māori worldview) concepts of soil health.
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Pūtaiao
Soil
S-map Online: next-gen updates to national soil data
2 March 2021
S-map Online provides the best available soil resource data for New Zealand and, in doing so, underpins the government’s roadmap for the food and fibres sector, Fit for a Better World.
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Pūtaiao
Soil
Soil carbon
Monitoring paddock-scale changes in land-use – from space
2 March 2021
For over a decade, scientists at Manaaki Whenua have been developing and improving methods to map agricultural land-use and crop type using satellite imagery. This work is vital to the setting and assessment of environmental plans, as it enables land-use changes and their likely consequences to be m...
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Pūtaiao
Land
Pathways across Antarctica: 200 years of human impact
2 March 2021
Antarctica is usually viewed as a large, pristine wilderness area, untouched by humans, with little settlement and no agriculture or industry. Yet since its formal discovery 200 years ago, the continent has seen accelerating and potentially impactful human activity.
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Pūtaiao
A new soil pH map for New Zealand
2 March 2021
Soil pH indicates the relative acidity or alkalinity of a soil, and significantly influences various soil functions, soil quality and fertility. Considered a ‘master variable’ in soil science, pH affects soil in almost every way – its physical structure, patterns of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus ...
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Soil
Soil biota in productive landscapes: improving our understanding
2 March 2021
The more closely we study soil systems, the more dynamic and complex they appear.
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Pūtaiao
Soil
Behaviour change: are we willing or not?
2 March 2021
Achieving meaningful behaviour change – that is getting people to think and act differently – is one of the most complex and unpredictable aspects of any policy decision. Without effective stakeholder engagement and participation, policies and reports often remain shelved, recommendations forgotten,...
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How one thing leads to another – building long and deep relationships in effective land management
2 March 2021
Manaaki Taiao is a rōpū (group) made up of Manaaki Whenua Kairangahau Māori (Māori researchers) working on Māori-led research projects within a range of science portfolios.
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Pūtaiao
Mātauranga Māori
Predator modelling applied to study of Covid health equity
2 March 2021
Researchers Rachelle Binny and Audrey Lustig applied their predator-modelling skills to Covid-19 virus epidemiology, working with mathematicians and modellers to assess likely patterns of disease spread into the country.
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