Going with the grain: Changing land uses to fit a changing landscape

How do we respond to the environmental challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss and water quality while looking after the economic, social and cultural life of our regions?

This is the pressing question addressed in the Commissioner for the Environment’s new report, Going with the grain: Changing land uses to fit a changing landscape.

The report sets out the multiple environmental problems facing rural New Zealand and makes suggestions on how to approach the land use change needed to prevent further degradation.