The prevalence and severity of natural hazards pose a serious risk to food systems,
undermining their function to provide food security and improved nutrition. The impact of …

Pastoral farming is the dominant land use in New Zealand today and is under considerable
domestic social and political pressure to reduce its environmental footprint. In this article, we …

Among natural resources, soils continue to be poorly represented in ecosystem services
frameworks and decision-making processes. Similarly, the supply of multiple ecosystem …

There is currently considerable interest across New Zealand's sheep and beef sector in
gathering the necessary information to help assess its roles and responsibilities regarding …

Biowastes can enhance the establishment of New Zealand (NZ) native vegetation,
particularly on degraded land, where biological or physicochemical deficiencies limit plant …

Despite one-third of New Zealand's landmass being protected as public conservation land,
the country still faces significant conservation challenges. Nearly 50% of the country's …

Abstract In New Zealand, 25% of the remaining indigenous vegetation cover is found on
mixed livestock farms located predominantly in hill country. Despite evidence that adding …

Globally, agriculture is a dominant land use, with approximately 40% of the Earth's ice-free
land managed by farmers and herders (Landis, 2017). Pastoral farming accounts for …

The incorporation of native, woody vegetation into New Zealand's agricultural ecosystems
offers a “nature-based solution” approach for mitigating poor environmental outcomes of …

Understanding farmer behaviour and drivers for behaviour change will be the key to
bringing about practice change, such as increasing management and enhancement of …