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Achieving win-win outcomes for pastoral farming and biodiversity conservation in New Zealand

April 2020

Norton DA, Suryaningrum F, Buckley HL, Case BS, Cochrane CH, Forbes AS, Harcombe M 2020. Achieving win-win outcomes for pastoral farming and biodiversity conservation in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 44(2).

ABSTRACT

In this article, we explore options to enhance native biodiversity conservation within New Zealand pastoral systems. We argue that there is strong synergistic interdependence between biodiversity conservation and pastoral farming and suggest that it is possible to have win-win outcomes for both. Landowners need to be incentivised and rewarded for good biodiversity management, rather than relying on a strict rules-based approach.

KEYWORDS

agroecosystems, biodiversity, conservation, ecosystem services, environmental verification, incentives, pastoral farming, policy