| ARLUNZ |
Agent-based Rural Land Use New Zealand model |
| B3 |
Better Border Biosecurity, a multi-partner science collaboration |
| BusinessNZ |
New Zealand’s largest advocacy group for enterprise |
| CEMARS |
Certified Emissions Management and Reduction Scheme |
| CRC |
Cooperative Research Centre (Australia) |
| CRI |
Crown research institute |
| CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia) |
| DairyNZ |
DairyNZ is the ‘industry good’ organisation, representing New Zealand’s dairy farmers |
| DCD |
Dicyandiamide, a nitrification inhibitor |
| DHB |
District Health Board |
| DOC |
Department of Conservation |
| DNDC |
DeNitrification-DeComposition computer simulation model |
| ECan |
Environment Canterbury |
| E. coli |
Escherichia coli, a bacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of mammals |
| ESR |
Institute of Environmental Science and Research |
| Ecosystem services |
The ‘free’ services that healthy ecosystems provide, e.g. clean water, fertile soil, storm water retention, erosion prevention |
| Environmental limit |
The point at which ecosystem services collapse, e.g. the soil’s biological community is depleted to the extent that it can no longer replenish nutrients |
| EMaR |
Environmental Monitoring and Reporting |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Authority |
| Harakeke |
Māori name for New Zealand flax |
| IPCC |
International Panel on Climate Change |
| Kaitiakitanga |
Traditional guardianship of natural resources |
| KPI |
Key Performance Indicator |
| LCDB |
Land Cover Database |
| LINZ |
Land Information New Zealand |
| LUCAS |
Land Use and Carbon Analysis System |
| LUMASS |
Land Use Management Support System |
| Mātauranga |
Traditional cultural knowledge |
| MBIE |
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment |
| MFAT |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| MfE |
Ministry for the Environment |
| MPI |
Ministry for Primary Industries |
| NES |
National Environmental Standard (MfE) |
| NGO |
Non-governmental organisation |
| NLRC |
National Land Resource Centre |
| NZAGRC |
New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre |
| NZFARM |
New Zealand Forest and Agriculture Regional Model |
| NZLRI |
New Zealand Land Resource Inventory |
| OSPRI |
Operational Solutions for Primary Industries, comprised of the TBfree New Zealand and the National Animal Identification and Tracing programmes |
| RHD |
Rabbit haemorrhagic disease |
| RMA |
Resource Management Act |
| SCION |
A Crown research institute |
| S-map |
Digital soil map for New Zealand |
| SME |
Small and medium-sized enterprise |
| TB |
Tuberculosis |
| TPK |
Te Puni Kōkiri |
| UMF |
Unique mānuka factor |
| Vis-NIR |
Visible near infrared |
