MfE Data Service :: tag:data.mfe.govt.nz,2008-10:feed:data:category=301153:sort=rMinistry for the Environmenthttps://data.mfe.govt.nz//Option 1 for reducing nitrogen losstag:data.mfe.govt.nz,2019-09:layers:1038812019-09-20T03:29:37.147293+00:00
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<p>This dataset shows land that would be covered by the option 1 of section 8.4 Immediate action to reduce nitrogen loss. </p>
<p>This web map has been developed by the Ministry for the Environment to support policy proposals in the Action for Healthy Waterways discussion document. The proposals are currently being consulted on. </p>
<p>It provides extra detail on Option 1 in section 8.4 of the discussion document (Immediate action to reduce nitrogen loss). The map indicates the pastoral catchments and sub-catchments specified as high-nitrate in Option 1, where regional rules are not already in place or proposed, and shows the land considered to be low-slope. </p>
<p>Low-slope is defined in this option as land parcels with an average slope of less than 5, 7 or 10 degrees. We are seeking feedback on the appropriate slope threshold to use. </p>
<p>The catchments are those with the highest 10% of nitrate levels in the MfE Environmental Reporting River Water Quality dataset found here. Catchments where the predominant sources of nitrate are non-pastoral in origin are excluded. </p>
<p>Under Option 1, a per-hectare cap, or threshold, for nitrogen losses will be set for each sub-catchment with similar soil type and rainfall. This threshold will be based on a ranking of nitrogen losses from farms within each sub-catchment, and could be set at the 90th percentile, or the 70th, or a point between. Feedback is sought on where this threshold should be set. </p>
<p>This is only one of the options being consulted on, The areas indicated are provisional and may not equate to areas included in regulation.</p>
From: <a href="https://data.mfe.govt.nz/group/freshwater-directorate/" title="Profile for Freshwater">Freshwater</a><br />
Added: 20 Sep 2019<br />