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Sustainable Land

Land is our language: What we choose to use it for, the way we manage it, and how we look to transform it for the future. With a diverse range of complementary skillsets, we can help think outside traditional sectors and support you to come up with innovative solutions to manage, mitigate and transform the land sustainability. 

Effective and sustainable land management is fundamental to rural business success and long term operational viability.

We offer assistance and consultation with:

  • Dairy, sheep and beef, horticulture and forestry systems
  • Integrated systems e.g. agroforestry
  • Soil science, sediment and nutrient management
  • Land use change options
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS), satellite image analysis, terrain analysis, and drone capability
  • Environmental economics
  • Support for policy processes, including farm planning
  • Systems thinking, circular bioeconomy and bioeconomy innovation
  • Greenhouse gas emissions/ decarbonisation
  • Farm systems modelling (including FARMAX and OverseerFM)
  • Higher value certification options, for example: organics and carbon reduction
  • Climate change adaptation
  • Workshop facilitation (including graphic facilitation) and stakeholder relationships
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Complex data can be difficult to navigate, particularly when it is sourced from multiple sites. We have utilised ArcGIS Storymap to translate water quality and catchment information into a visual story for catchment groups and community groups. 

See some examples below:

Piako-Waihou catchment context

Mangaroa Inc. Sediment and Nutrient Mitigation Strategy

Storymap can also be used instead of, or complementary to, a report output. Providing an engaging, interactive web-based output for the community of interest. 

Our Land and Water Rural Professional Fund supported a WSP led project looking at Agroforestry for Irrigated Dairy Farms in Canterbury. This storymap was created as a complementary output to the final report. 

Dryland agroforestry opportunity on Canterbury dairy farms

Some of our recent publicly available outputs of our projects:

New Zealand Association of Resource Management Webinar on Biophysical Risk Mapping for Bay of Plenty Region

Biomass Modelling for Carbon Estimates, Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forestry Service

End-of-life or waste manuka as a potential bioenergy source, Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forestry Service

Farmers Weekly article on Agroforestry Benefits in Canterbury Plains

Silvopastoral agroforestry systems for dryland corners in Canterbury farms, Journal of New Zealand Grasslands, 2024

Advanced Woody Residue Recovery Systems, Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forestry Service

Needs assessment for on-farm native tree establishment, Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forestry Service

Review of current research on native forest establishment on extremely eroded land, Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forestry Service

Land use feasibility study for Ngāti Tahu Ngāti Whaoa (Waikato),  Farmed Landscapes Research Centre, 2023

Measuring nutrient losses from dairy factory wastewater application on land, Fertiliser and Lime Research Centre, 2019

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