Soil health and land use - Change in soil sites within target range for given soil health indicators, 1995–2008 and 2009–13
Publisher
New Zealand's Environment Reporting Series: The Ministry for the Environment and Statistics New Zealand
Description
UPDATED 21/04/2017 (See "Land domain updates" page for details; http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/environment/environmental-reporting-series/environmental-indicators/Home/Land/land-domain-updates.aspx). Different land uses put pressure on the land environment and can result in changes to soil health. Healthy soil supports the productivity of agriculture and forestry, and filters water to help prevent waterways becoming contaminated. Soils are considered healthy if they fall within the target ranges for the indicators of acidity, fertility, organic reserves, and physical status. This dataset relates to the "Soil health and land use" measure on the Environmental Indicators, Te taiao Aotearoa website. For raw data see "2015 land aotearoa soil health data for release.xlsx" at https://data.mfe.govt.nz/x/LTBnRL
