Sustainable Land Use Research Initiative (SLURI)

- a national centre for maintaining and managing our soils

SLURI will:

• carry out research on the sustainable management of land
• develop new tools for regulators and land managers
• fully involve key stakeholders and other research organisations.

We need research for sustainable land use because:

• soil quality and management support our productive industries – 17% of New Zealand’s GDP depends on the top 15 cm of our soil
• soil is at the heart of New Zealand’s clean green image – it underpins how the world views us and how we view ourselves
• failure to sustain our soil and water resources will put $2.16 billion of our total GDP at risk
• we need to assess and predict the effects of changes in land use on soil quality.