December 05, 2017
Owners encouraged to change land use
Rotorua landowners can get advice on whether their whenua is suited to crops like manuka, feijoa, and ginseng from a new resource produced for Te Arawa Primary Sector, a collective of Maori owned land trusts who own and administer over 30,000 hectares of land for agriculture, horticulture, forestry and geothermal power.
The Rotorua Land Use Directory was written by Bill Young and Tatiana Kiwi-Knight with help from the Low Nitrogen Land Use Fund, which was established for research to help assists landowners reduce the amount of nitrogen entering Lake Rotorua.
Bay of Plenty Regional Council chair Doug Leeder says the guide will be invaluable for landowners as they look at low nitrogen leaching land use options.
It's available online at www.landusenz.org.nz or in book form from the council.
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