This paper provides the first data derived and statistically validated measurement of the vulnerability of New Zealand’s indigenous grasslands to conversion.

Here we review provision of Natural Habitat for Biodiversity. We quantify Recent Trends in New Zealand and provide a review of land use trends across landscapes.

We used recent satellite imagery to quantify the extent, type, and rate of conversion of remaining indigenous grasslands in the inland eastern South Island of New Zealand in recent years.

Here, we compared properties of two different vulnerability surrogates to validated vulnerability - validated prediction of habitat conversion based on a recent assessment of land-use change.

This book chapter addresses how to prioritising Land-Use Decisions for the Optimal Delivery of Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity Protection in Productive Landscapes.

The Environmental Monitoring and Reporting (EMaR) initiative is a partnership between Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) Regional Sector and the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) that began in July 2014.

We identify six clear actions to redress the balance of protecting New Zealand's freshwater biodiversity.

Research was undertaken in the indigenous tussock grasslands of South Island of New Zealand in order to quantify past rates of conversion to agricultural land use and to develop vulnerability models to predict future conversion spatially and temporally.

Three phase series of providing recommendations for future planning and regulations for soil management.

A review and update of ‘research priorities’ for the Land Management Group (LMG) and Land Monitoring Forum (LMF) in response to today’s operating environment.

World food demand will surge as a result, and it is projected that food production will increase by 70 percent in the world and by 100 percent in the developing countries. Yet both land and water resources, the basis of our food production, are finite and already under heavy stress, and future agricultural production will need to be more productive and more sustainable at the same time.

Undertaking beach surveys to determine suitability of nesting habitat is vital in ensuring the long-term conservation of marine turtle species and their habitats within the Cook Island archipelago and nearby Pacific Islands. The following beach and Marine surveys of Rarotonga were undertaken from the 28th of January to the 7th of February 2015 to assess suitability of habitat for nesting.

African governments increasingly recognize the potential for land-based development to feed the rural poor and growing urban populations and to promote equitable human development. Good land policy is central to productive land-based development across farm sizes and types.

Successful agricultural development initiatives associated with poverty reduction have seldom included large-scale land-based investment. Feed the Future focuses on smallholder-led agricultural growth as the principal engine of poverty reduction and food security. Investment in agriculture of all sizes, however, can be constructive and is encouraged by the U.S. Government, but investments must take into account specific country contexts and circumstances and respect the rights of local populations.

Orthorectification and reflection standards for grasslands. Developing new standards and processing techniques.

Anchored in the African Union Declaration on Land Issues and Challenges in Africa — which was endorsed by the AU Summit in 2009 — African heads of state and government resolved to take ownership of and lead the land reform agenda by strengthening land governance institutions, thus establishing the African Land Policy Centre (ALPC) in 2017 at the continental level.