Land resources
Mapping irrigation management zones increases the effectiveness
Outcome:
Sustainable use of land resources and their ecosystem services across catchments and sectors.
Core expertise
- Soil characterisation and processes
- Land–use capability and effects
- Catchment management and hydrology
- Erosion processes – Nutrient and contaminant fate
- Land resource economics and ecosystem services
- Mātauranga Māori and societal values in land resource decision–making
Our science focus
- Understanding and mapping our soil natural capital to improve its resilience (including Antarctica and Pacific countries)
- Mapping land cover, land use and ecosystem services and understanding the value of those services
- Matching land use to the capacity and characteristics of land resources to improve their sustainability
- Understanding soil and erosion processes to reduce sediments, nutrients and other contaminants entering water bodies
- Integrative modelling of terrestrial ecosystem services to enhance policymaking processes
- Improving consideration of economic, social and Māori perspectives in the stewardship of terrestrial resources