Paradise under pressure: report reveals toll of intensive dairying, urban sprawl
14 Apr, 2021 10:45 PM
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Areas with highly productive land like Pukekohe have become increasingly fragmented with decades of development. Photo / Jason Oxenham
Areas with highly productive land like Pukekohe have become increasingly fragmented with decades of development. Photo / Jason Oxenham
The toll of decades of intensive dairying and urban sprawl across some of New Zealand's best land has been laid bare in a just-released stocktake.
The Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ's latest joint report, Our Land 2021, checked the health of an often overlooked yet vitally important part of our natural estate: soil.