Impact on our land – infographic

Since the 1880s, we’ve used an extractive approach that emphasises the improvement potential of land for both productivity and economic purposes. Land-use changes can make us more vulnerable to extreme weather events.

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Source: Ministry for the Environment, Stats NZ and data providers and licensed by the Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.