Transitional forestry in New Zealand: re‐evaluating the design and management of forest systems through the lens of forest purpose

AG Jones, A Cridge, S Fraser, L Holt… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Forestry management worldwide has become increasingly effective at obtaining high timber
yields from productive forests. In New Zealand, a focus on improving an increasingly …

A horizon scan for temperate pastoral weed science–a New Zealand perspective

CE Buddenhagen, G Bourdȏt, M Cripps… - New Zealand Journal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Pastures represent about half of the global agricultural area and productivity losses from
weeds are significant. The complex interactions between them and other pasture plants …

Regenerative agriculture in Aotearoa New Zealand–research pathways to build science-based evidence and national narratives

G Grelet, S Lang, C Merfield, N Calhoun… - 2021 - researcharchive.lincoln.ac.nz
Regenerative agriculture (RA) is proposed as a solution to reverse climate change,
biodiversity loss, declining water quality and health of freshwater ecosystems, wellbeing …

[HTML][HTML] Land use intensity is a major driver of soil microbial and carbon cycling across an agricultural landscape

AK Byers, L Condron, SA Wakelin, A Black - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Soil carbon (C) storage is a critical ecosystem function that underpins human health and
well-being. The acceleration of human-driven land use change, such as agricultural …

Who knew afforestation was such a challenge? Motivations and impediments to afforestation policy in New Zealand

G Kaine, P Edwards, M Polyakov… - Forest Policy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tree planting is becoming a global panacea for offsetting greenhouse gas emissions and
providing other ecosystem services. New Zealand is no exception. In New Zealand, it is …

Large-scale tree planting initiatives as an opportunity to derive carbon and biodiversity co-benefits: a case study from Aotearoa New Zealand

F Suryaningrum, RM Jarvis, HL Buckley, D Hall… - New Forests, 2022 - Springer
Planting trees is widely regarded as an important part of climate change mitigation and
adaptation efforts. As a result, large-scale tree planting projects have been initiated around …

Quantifying the influence of individual trees on slope stability at landscape scale

RI Spiekermann, S McColl, I Fuller, J Dymond… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Silvopastoralism in New Zealand's highly erodible hill country is an important form
of erosion and sediment control. Yet, there has been little quantitative work to establish the …

The significance of sheep and beef farms to conservation of native vegetation in New Zealand

JL Pannell, HL Buckley, BS Case, DA Norton - New Zealand Journal of …, 2021 - JSTOR
Relying solely on public conservation lands for habitat provision will be inadequate for
achieving national conservation goals. Production landscapes in New Zealand make up …

[HTML][HTML] Interactions between landscape structure and bird mobility traits affect the connectivity of agroecosystem networks

J Zhang, JL Pannell, BS Case, G Hinchliffe… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Enhancing functional connectivity is key to achieving a sustainable agroecosystem. There
has been an increase in using connectivity metrics to understand how spatial heterogeneity …

Planning the urban foodscape: Policy and regulation of urban agriculture in Aotearoa New Zealand

C Hanna, P Wallace - Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Policy support for urban agriculture (UA) has increased internationally in the past decade,
driven by factors such as urban decay, food insecurity, climate change and disasters, self …