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Challenging a place myth: New Zealand's clean green image meets the biotechnology revolution
(Blackwell Publishing, 2005-06)
The 'clean green image' of New Zealand is a well-known example of what has been called a 'place myth'. But more recently, emerging alongside this place myth is an image that the government is trying to co-create of New ...
An economic evaluation of changes in the allocation of water for irrigation from the Ashburton river
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 1992-11)
In this study the authors have investigated the economic implications for farmers in the area of changes in the availability of irrigation water from the Ashburton River. This report comprises part of a suite of reports ...
Food and nutritional security requires adequate protein as well as energy, delivered from whole-year crop production
(PeerJ, 2016-07-12)
© 2016 Coles et al.Human food security requires the production of sufficient quantities of both high-quality protein and dietary energy. In a series of case-studies from New Zealand, we show that while production of food ...
McCaskill Alpine Garden, Lincoln College : a collection of high country native plants
(Lincoln College.Tussock Grasslands & Mountain Lands Institute., 1984)
The garden, named after the founding Director of the Tussock Grasslands and Mountain Lands Institute, is intended to be educational. From the early 1970s, a small garden plot provided a touch of character to the original ...
Environment and ethics : a New Zealand contribution
(Centre for Resource Management, 1986)
This collection of essays promotes a dialogue between a group of philosophers and ecologists on the subject of environmental ethics. Through group meetings and a mutual exchange of drafts over a period of two years, each ...
High country production surveys : 1965/67, 1971/73, 1976/78
(Lincoln College. Plant Science Department., 1979-12)
This publication records in some detail the results of a series of surveys carried out by the Tussock Grasslands and Mountain Lands Institute, to assess pastoral production in the high country of the South Island. Surveys ...
The use of fractional acre plots to predict soil loss from a mountain catchment
(Lincoln College. New Zealand Agricultural Engineering Institute., 1969-06)
In 1941 the Government passed the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act which set up Catchment Boards and Commissions to (inter alia) conserve soil resources and prevent damage by erosion.
In view of the accepted ...
Watershed management : proceedings Part 1
(Lincoln College. New Zealand Agricultural Engineering Institute., 1969-12)
Lincoln Papers in Water Resources Numbers 8 and 9 comprise papers presented at a Symposium on Watershed Management in Water Resources Development. The Symposium was sponsored by the New Zealand Association of Soil Conservators ...
Financing catchment schemes in New Zealand
(Lincoln College. New Zealand Agricultural Engineering Institute., 1968-08)
Volume 4 of the Lincoln Papers in Water Resources comprises the papers presented at a Training Course which was organised by the New Zealand Association of Soil Conservators and sponsored by Lincoln College. The course was ...
Watershed management : proceedings Part 2
(Lincoln College. New Zealand Agricultural Engineering Institute., 1969-12)
Lincoln Papers in Water Resources Numbers 8 and 9 comprise papers presented at a Symposium on Watershed Management in Water Resources Development. The Symposium was sponsored by the New Zealand Association of Soil Conservators ...