Improving the economic and environmental performance of a New Zealand hill country farm catchment: 1. Goal development and assessment of current performance

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-141

  Dodd, M B ^a   Thorrold, B S ^b   Quinn, J M ^c   Parminter, T G ^a   Wedderburn, M E ^a  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b Dairy NZ   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Catchment; Environmental performance; Goals; Hill country; Land use change

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; BIOPHYSICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY MAKING; SOIL FERTILITY; STAKEHOLDER; VEGETATION COVER; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO;

EID: 49149107051     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288230809510442     Document Type: Article

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