page_title: Landcare Research
section_title: Research
hierarchical_section_title: Landcare Research / Research
context_page_description: Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research is one of New Zealand's Crown Research Institutes. The focus of the research at this company is the environment, biodiversity, and sustainability.
context_section_description: Science includes research into the processes that maintain New Zealand's ecosystems, enable natural flora, fauna and fungi to flourish, and protect soil and catchments for a range of production and other purposes. The impacts of disruption to ecosystems; biosecurity risks from foreign weeds, pests and micro-organisms; and contamination to land, water and air caused by the production of natural, manufactured or waste compounds are investigated. Research is also undertaken to develop tools to help mitigate inefficient resource use and excess waste, and systems designed to improve resource use productivity, lifestyle and business viability. Research focuses on six key areas:
  Conserving and restoring our biodiversity and the healthy resilience of natural ecosystems
  Reducing pest, disease and weed impacts in our natural and managed ecosystems
  Understanding, mitigating and adapting to the impacts of climate change
  Sustaining the long-term health of soils, waterways and landscapes for the continued viability of our rural environments
  Enhancing urban biodiversity and developing low-impact approaches for built environments
  Fostering environmentally sustainable and globally competitive business practices
caption: Base camp for the 2005 Auckland BioBlitz
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