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New soil research priorities for Antarctica
20 February 2023
Most of Antarctica is covered in a thick layer of ice, but its ice-free regions, representing less than 0.5% of the continent, are scientifically very significant and have surprisingly diverse soils.
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Pūtaiao
Enhancing soils, water, and land
Antarctica
An integrative approach to silvopastoral system designs
20 February 2023
Poplars and willows can provide a practical solution for slope stability, but is this the only benefit of low-density tree-pasture systems on farms?
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Pūtaiao
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Erosion
S-map reaches 10 million hectares mapped
20 February 2023
S-map has reached the halfway mark for mapping the farmable land area of Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Pūtaiao
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S-map
Refining ecological soil guideline values
20 February 2023
Soil is home to zillions of terrestrial biota, including microbes, plants and invertebrates, all of which support the functioning of soil and land ecosystems. These ecological receptors play a critical role keeping our soils healthy, and with that, the ability to grow healthy food and protect the en...
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New evidence shows the effects of irrigation on soil
20 February 2023
Once the butt of jokes because of its 70 million sheep, New Zealand now has less than half the number of sheep it had in the 1980s. That’s because, echoing a global trend, agricultural land in New Zealand has undergone rapid changes in usage to keep pace with growing demands for food. Dry grassland ...
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Irrigation
Giving whakamana back to Māori landowners through land science tools
20 February 2023
A potential new kānuka industry is emerging thanks to Māori landowners partnering boldly with Manaaki Whenua to better understand their land through a te ao Māori-led approach to using land science tools.
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Mātauranga Māori
New trends in environmental perceptions
20 February 2023
In December 2022 the 10th New Zealand Environmental Perceptions Survey (EPS) found that New Zealanders as a group rated the current state of the environment overall as “adequate to good”.
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Proceed with care: Decolonising cultural environmental monitoring
20 February 2023
For Māori, the presence of ripe miro berries in the ngahere (forest) would traditionally indicate the health of a forest and the imminent arrival of the kererū, a significant food source for hapū.
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Mātauranga Māori
Celebrating our achievements
20 February 2023
The Manaaki Whenua Weeds Biocontrol team
Manaaki Whenua’s Weeds Biocontrol team had a successful evening at the NZ Biosecurity Awards in late October 2022. Members of the team contribute to B3: Better Border Biosecurity, which won the Science Award. Ronny Groenteman and Quentin Paynter joined the g...
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Celebrating our achievements
Science to underpin stewardship of New Zealand’s highly productive land
20 February 2023
Aotearoa New Zealand is internationally renowned for its high soil diversity. Although our national soil survey, S-map, is only halfway through mapping the farmed soils of New Zealand, already over 5,500 unique soil types have been identified, from the sub-tropical clay soils of Northland to the vol...
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