Sustainability in New Zealand

Sustainability in New Zealand is being increasingly recognised as being good practice and the government has made some moves toward this goal.

The New Zealand government has enacted legislation to enshrine sustainability principles in law, notably the Resource Management Act 1991.

[3][4] The international business adviser, author and speaker Paul Gilding believes New Zealand dairy farmers have a significant advantage over other countries because they run pasture-fed systems, rather than grain-fed as in the US.

[6] While New Zealand is striving to become more sustainable, [7] degradation in water quality, greenhouse gas emissions, and biodiversity loss have resulted from intensified cattle farming and monoculture systems.

[7] González-Orozco's (2020) study supports this viewpoint and argues that the stability of New Zealand's agriculture depends on its capacity to adjust to shifting environmental conditions.