Exploring Land Use Change Under Different Policy Settings - PCE Report

In a recent LinkedIn post, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment asked, “Will the future landscapes of Aotearoa New Zealand be primarily made up of pine plantations and dairy farms or mosaics of more diverse land use?”

In his report, 'Exploring land use change under different policy settings in two case study catchments', the Commissioner investigated how current, proposed and alternative environmental policies in the Mataura and North Wairoa catchments might drive future land use.