Urban soil
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The good dirt?
Healthy soil is the unseen engine room of our cities' green spaces, but it is under pressure from residential development processes.
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Urban ground truths
In this report the Commissioner investigates what happens to soil in the course of the urban residential land development process and suggests how it can be better protected.
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Our cities are losing their leaves
Green spaces in New Zealand's cities are declining. That has consequences for the environmental services they provide.
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Find out more
The core work of the office is to provide advice to decision makers that maintains or improves the quality of the environment. See what the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has been working on.
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