Exploring land use change under different policy settings in two case study catchments

The Commissioner for the Environment has released two case studies to support his major new report on the challenge of land use change.

Exploring land use change under different policy settings in two case study catchments investigates how current, proposed and alternative approaches to environmental policy could affect land use change in the Mataura catchment in Murihiku Southland and the Wairoa catchment in Te Tai Tokerau Northland.