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Impact on our land – infographic

Infographic with damages and losses to the land.

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. 

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Published: 10 April 2024Size: 3.61 MB
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