New Zealand’s urban freshwater is improving, but a major report reveals huge gaps in our knowledge
- Written by Troy Baisden, Professor and Chair in Lake and Freshwater Sciences, University of Waikato
Regional councils monitor water quality in streams and rivers.Troy Baisden, CC BY-ND
Environment Aotearoa 2019, a major report released today, provides the first snapshot since 2015 of New Zealand’s environment across five “domains” – air, climate, freshwater, land and ocean.