Forest Flows 2023 Newsletter and Survey Results
January 31, 2023
The Forest Flows Endeavour programme has now entered its fourth-year, and thanks to the generous support of the landowners, iwi, and managers hosting our research sites, we have collected a lot of quality data.Below you'll find our latest newsletter which outlines our activi...
Is the reputation of Eucalyptus plantations for using more water than Pinus plantations justified?
October 27, 2022
AbstractThe effect of Eucalyptus plantations on water balance is thought to be more severe than for commercial alternatives such as Pinus species. Although this perception is firmly entrenched, even in the scientific community, only four direct comparison...
This study, lead by University of Massachusetts Amherst Konstantinos Andreadis, is one of the first to demonstrate that despite the challenges with its active radar, NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission can accurately measure soil moisture magnitude a...
A systematic review of participatory integrated assessment at the catchment scale: Lessons learned from practice. The literature review was done as part of the Forest Flows Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment Endeavour Programme and was led by Scio...
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The water-use of plantations compared to alternative land uses is an important natural resource management issue in central Chile. The need for local data is heightened by a drying trend in the local climate, the potential for planted forests to store carbon and loc...
Forest Flows-Real Time Monitoring of Water Quantity and Quality Spatio-Temporal Dynamics in Planted Forests
October 26, 2020
This paper was published in the 2020 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) International Conference proceedings and it summarises the Forest Flows objectives and the unique data fusion of advanced and novel terrestrial and remote sensing technology o...
Planted forests and water yield in New Zealand’s hydrological landscape – current and future challenges
February 12, 2019
AbstractNew Zealand’s water resources are coming under increasing pressure with intensification of the primary sector along with a growing population and urbanisation. With the increased water demand by rural and urban users, the forestry sector’s interest in intensifyin...
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