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Key Roles for Landscape Ecology in Transformative Agriculture Using Aotearoa—New Zealand as a Case Example

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  • Diane Pearson

    (Farmed Landscapes Research Centre, School of Agriculture and Environment, College of Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North 4474, New Zealand)

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Aotearoa—New Zealand (NZ) is internationally renowned for picturesque landscapes and agricultural products. Agricultural intensification has been economically beneficial to NZ but has implications for its clean green image. Contaminated waterways, high carbon emissions, and extensive soil erosion demonstrate the downside of high stocking rates and land clearing. Transformative farming systems are required to address the challenge of balancing production with the environment. Whilst navigating through the process of change, farmers need to be supported to make informed decisions at the farm and landscape scale. Landscape ecology (LE) is ideally positioned to inform the development of future farming landscapes and provide a scientific context to the criteria against which land-related information can be evaluated. However, to do this effectively, LE needs to demonstrate that it can link theory with practice. Using NZ as a case example, this paper discusses the key roles for LE in future farming systems. It looks at the way LE can help quantify the state of the landscape, provide support towards the co-creation of alternative futures, and assist with the inclusion of land-related information into design and planning to ensure mitigation and adaption responses assist in the transformation of farming systems for sustainable outcomes.

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  • Diane Pearson, 2020. "Key Roles for Landscape Ecology in Transformative Agriculture Using Aotearoa—New Zealand as a Case Example," Land, MDPI, vol. 9(5), pages 1-25, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:9:y:2020:i:5:p:146-:d:356683
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    1. Guopeng Jiang & Miles Grafton & Diane Pearson & Mike Bretherton & Allister Holmes, 2019. "Integration of Precision Farming Data and Spatial Statistical Modelling to Interpret Field-Scale Maize Productivity," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 9(11), pages 1-22, November.
    2. Hertel, Thomas W., 2015. "The Challenges of Sustainably Feeding a Growing Planet," 2015 Conference (59th), February 10-13, 2015, Rotorua, New Zealand 202525, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
    3. Devan Allen McGranahan, 2014. "Ecologies of Scale: Multifunctionality Connects Conservation and Agriculture across Fields, Farms, and Landscapes," Land, MDPI, vol. 3(3), pages 1-31, July.
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    1. Duy X. Tran & Diane Pearson & Alan Palmer & David Gray, 2020. "Developing a Landscape Design Approach for the Sustainable Land Management of Hill Country Farms in New Zealand," Land, MDPI, vol. 9(6), pages 1-29, June.
    2. Diane Pearson & Julian Gorman & Richard Aspinall, 2022. "Multiple Roles for Landscape Ecology in Future Farming Systems: An Editorial Overview," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-5, February.
    3. Tran, Duy X. & Pearson, Diane & Palmer, Alan & Gray, David & Lowry, John & Dominati, Estelle J., 2022. "A comprehensive spatially-explicit analysis of agricultural landscape multifunctionality using a New Zealand hill country farm case study," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 203(C).
    4. Andrés A. Salazar & Eduardo C. Arellano & Andrés Muñoz-Sáez & Marcelo D. Miranda & Fabiana Oliveira da Silva & Natalia B. Zielonka & Liam P. Crowther & Vinina Silva-Ferreira & Patricia Oliveira-Rebouc, 2021. "Restoration and Conservation of Priority Areas of Caatinga’s Semi-Arid Forest Remnants Can Support Connectivity within an Agricultural Landscape," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-20, May.
    5. Diane Pearson, 2021. "Lifestyle Properties, Ecosystem Services, and Biodiversity Protection in Peri-Urban Aotearoa–New Zealand: A Case Study from Peri-Urban Palmerston North," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-21, December.

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