New Zealand’s first adaptation plan gives local councils clearer guidelines, but it doesn’t tackle crucial questions about who should pay and how to future-proof major investments.
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Invasive mammals have already removed some native bird species from our cities. It’s why urban forest restoration and predator control are crucial to support the ‘ghosts of predation past’.
Ending GST on some foods is being touted as a way to reduce food poverty. But cheap food comes with a high environmental and health cost. Is there a way to value food but reduce hardship?
Most consumers want a better deal, but New Zealand’s small size and relative isolation make it hard for large-scale competitors to enter the supermarket sector.
New Zealand can expect more days above 25℃, the threshold for heat stress in livestock, and fewer frost days, which will affect crops like kiwifruit that need winter chilling.
As the impacts and costs of climate change increase over time, New Zealand’s financial systems could become less stable and the government less able to support those affected.
An ageing labour force and ongoing border closures will put severe pressure on
New Zealand’s economic reliance on immigration.
Many Indigenous people in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand are lacking food security due to public health orders preventing them from traditional food sourcing.
Muchas plantas son realmente buenas resistiendo los incendios forestales, pero la combinación de sequías, olas de calor y plagas de insectos acrecentadas por el cambio climático puede llevarlas al límite.
Many plants are really good at withstanding bushfires, but the combination of drought, heatwaves and pest insects under climate change may push them to the brink.
Tree planting projects that use non-native trees risk releasing more carbon back into the atmosphere, undermining efforts to fight climate change.
Some of New Zealand’s most trusted brands are implementing strategies that are misleading domestic consumers and risking their long-term brand reputation.
One way to get beyond gender barriers in sport would be to scrap sex segregation and replace it with a system similar to that of Paralympic disciplines.
Wildfires are expected to increase in a warming world, but there is another way humans are changing the patterns and intensity of fires: by introducing flammable plants to new environments.
Latest results from garden bird surveys in New Zealand show that at least six non-native species have declined over the past decade.
You might think having trees around your home is the worst idea during a bushfire, but some plants can actually help repel fire.
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Professor of Agricultural Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Professor Applied Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Senior Lecturer in Property Studies, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Assistant Vice Chancellor, Maori & Pasifika, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Professor (Hon) of Agri-food Systems, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Professor, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Professor of Ecology, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Associate Professor of Ecology, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Formerly a lecturer in genetics, Lincoln University, New Zealand
