A new environmental report released today by the Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ, presents new data on New
Zealand’s land cover, soil quality, and land fragmentation.
The land cover data in the report, Our land 2021, provides the most up-to-date estimates of New Zealand’s land cover and associated land use and changes.
Overseas markets are a significant driver of land use, and with global populations projected to reach 10.9 billion by
2100, market-based pressures on land are set to increase. Most of our agriculture and forestry products are exported,
and these activities currently cover about half our land area, the report says.
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