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Living Water: Dairy and freshwater thriving together
Living Water is a partnership between the Department of Conservation and Fonterra. Our focus is finding game-changing and scalable solutions that will enable farming, freshwater and healthy ecosystems to thrive side-by-side.
We are working with farmers, scientists, councils, mana whenua and communities to design and test solutions, and then develop a plan to implement regionally and nationally.
Our mission
5 regions
Demonstrating dairying and freshwater ecosystems thriving together
1 mission
To build connections which can drive better outcomes for the environment, the economy and New Zealanders
Who are we
With nearly 40% of New Zealand’s land under their care, Fonterra and the Department of Conservation have joined forces to work on the farming and freshwater challenge.
We work on the ground, side by side. We share our expertise and use our collective strengths.
Where we’re working
How we’re working
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Working towards a common vision of dairy and freshwater thriving together
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Designing and trialling solutions in five catchments
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Measuring the impact across 10 years
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Scaling implementation — the process and cost per farm, per region and for New Zealand
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Championing change — to mindsets, approaches, systems and aspirations
What we’re up to
We are doers, with the big picture in mind. Check out what we have been up to around New Zealand.
World Fish Migration Day postponed
Today should be World Fish Migration Day but it's been postponed to October 24, 2020 due to Covid-19. But here's some information from Department of Conservation about fixing barriers to fish passages so they can get where they need to go! https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/habitats/freshwater/fish-passage-management/fixing-barriers-to-fish-passage/
Working together to eradicate pests
Pūkorokoro-Miranda land-owners and the local community are banding together to make big difference! WATCH how working together across the catchment to eradicate pests is having big benefits for our native plants and birds! https://www.livingwater.net.nz/im:1941/
Integrated catchment management in action
We are in the process of having catchment maps illustrated for us by talented Christchurch illustrator, SmartKat, to show how all the projects, tools and partnerships happening in each catchment work together to benefit freshwater in New Zealand and demonstrate integrated catchment management in action
Scaling planting at Te Waihora
Planting has been scaled up at Yarrs Flat and other Te Waihora lakeshore sites with funding from the One Billion Trees Programme through Te Uru Rākau - Forestry New Zealand. Since drone filming for this video was completed, planting has expanded considerably into areas of conservation land which were previously farmed and where willow forest had begun to establish. The planting programme perfectly complements the increased effort DOC is putting into willow control, mostly on the western shore of the lake. Watch the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_SARYwXcmM&feature=youtu.be
Tools and solutions
Our projects, case studies, and resources
