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Story: Farming and the environment

All images and media

From page 1 - A modified landscape

The Canterbury Plains, 1850

The Canterbury Plains, 1850

The Canterbury Plains, early 2000s

The Canterbury Plains, early 2000s

Kiwifruit

Sheep drench alternatives

Alternative health treatments

From page 2 - Early changes

Kūmara production

Kūmara production

Pre-Māori vegetation cover

Pre-Māori vegetation cover (1st of 3)

New Zealand vegetation cover around 1840

New Zealand vegetation cover around 1840 (2nd of 3)

Native tussock grasslands

Native tussock grasslands (3rd of 3)

Forest clearance

Forest clearance

Ditch digging

Burning tussock

Burning tussock

From page 3 - Expansion in the 20th century

Trial planting

Burnt landscape

Burnt landscape

North Island sheep and cattle farming

North Island sheep and cattle farming

From page 4 - Environmental impacts in the 2000s

Hill country erosion

Hill country erosion

Intensification of dairy farming

Intensification of dairy farming

From page 5 - Effects on soil and water

Pugging of pasture

Pugging of pasture

Fertiliser application

Fertiliser application

Farm wetlands

Irrigation channel

Irrigation channel

The nitrogen cycle in grazed pasture

The nitrogen cycle in grazed pasture

From page 6 - Biodiversity and greenhouse gas changes

Extinct species

Extinct species

Greenhouse gas emissions by sector

Greenhouse gas emissions by sector

Greenhouse gas emissions

Greenhouse gas emissions

The ‘fart tax’

The ‘fart tax’

From page 7 - Clean green solutions

Poplars for erosion control

Poplars for erosion control

Flood control

Nitrogen in the Waikato River

Nitrogen in the Waikato River

From page 8 - Voluntary environmental management

Queen Elizabeth II National Trust covenants

Queen Elizabeth II National Trust covenants

Organic coriander

Organic coriander

Lake Kainui Landcare Group

Lake Kainui Landcare Group

Clean Streams Accord

Clean Streams Accord

How to cite this page:

Julia Haggerty and Hugh Campbell, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/farming-and-the-environment/media (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by Julia Haggerty and Hugh Campbell, published 24 Nov 2008