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Category Archives: Water retention
Reimagining landscapes as socio- and agro-ecosystems [1]
Preamble: Dr Mike Joy brought a team of people together to consider the question of how we can help solve New Zealand’s freshwater crisis. The contributions were published by Bridget Williams Books as Mike Joy (Ed) 2018 Mountain to Sea: Solving … Continue reading
Instead of Dam Thinking from the 50s, Look to the Landscape
In the lowlands of the Otago Peninsula, within the hill streams that flow into the harbour, there are water wheels. They stand as monuments to what once was, to what ‘functions’ there once were within our society, and – vitally … Continue reading
Posted in Land Use, Thought Pieces, Water retention
Tagged irrigation, land use history, landscape water, water management, water pattern
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There are Alternatives to the Ruataniwha Dam
There are Alternatives to the Ruataniwha Dam. via There are Alternatives to the Ruataniwha Dam.
Realising the Potential of Hawke’s Bay (and NZ Primary Sector)
Posted in agricultural strategy, Alternative Vision, Commodity trap, Community resilience, Environmental value, False clichés, Fruitbowl or Dustbowl, High value, Industrial Mindset, Land Use, Land use strategy, Landscape function, Local governance, Market position, Mordor vs the Shire, Primary Sector Strategy, Quality vs Commodity, Transfer, Water retention
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