Displaying items by tag: Environment
Focus on farming at climate change conference
The Tasman fires of 2019 and 2018’s Cyclone Gita are a taste of what could be coming as our climate changes, claims a Victoria University scientist.
Foresters not so happy
Forestry owners oppose the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s proposal to limit forestry offsets to agriculture.
Win for farming sector in PCE report
A significant win for agriculture and science-based theory on climate change is how the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s (PCE) latest report is being described.
Project to clear more waste from farms
A new project launched this week provides farmers alternatives to the harmful disposal practices of burning, burying and stock-piling of waste.
Farm trials show greenhouse gas emissions possibilities
An 18-month long project to understand how changes on farm to reduce greenhouse gas emissions may impact a farms profitability and productivity has come to fruition.
DairyNZ likes climate change report
Dairy farmers are welcoming the report released today by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.
Laughing gas no laughing matter
Making changes to farm management practices, rather than expensive infrastructure, can help reduce greenhouse gases.
Sorting the wizards from the prophets
How farmers can build up carbon in soils
Research to help dairy farmers build up carbon in their soils to offset their farms’ greenhouse gas emissions is underway.
Review calls for urgent action on livestock emissions
A new review is calling for “urgent acceleration” in developing greenhouse gas mitigations for use in the primary sector.