Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Hill Country Erosion Programme
News and General Information
News updates
SLM Hill Country Erosion Fund: Applications for funding closed on 26 February 2009. It is expected that recipients will be advised by June 2009 and that regional projects will commence from July 2009.
Click here for more information on the Fund.
Media releases
MAF grants $1.4M for erosion protection and research
31 October 2008
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) has allocated two more erosion treatment projects a total of $1.4 million under its Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Hill Country Erosion Fund.
Feature articles
Turning the Tide on Hill Country Erosion[19K PDF]
Soil erosion takes a number of forms in the hill country and is evident to a greater or lesser extent in most catchments. To assist regional councils in their efforts to tackle hill country erosion the Government has established the Hill Country Erosion (HCE) Programme.
Resources
Hill Country Erosion Fund brochure [431K PDF]
The Sustainable Land Management Hill Country Erosion Fund provides grants for regional council initiatives that protect erosion prone hill country.
Papers and reports
This report includes a review of literature relating to the economic costs of hill country soil erosion and the benefits of its control in New Zealand and overseas. Based on the findings, an economic approach to the assessment of the economic costs of erosion is recommended and an analytical framework for the prioritisation of erosion control tree planting is developed and described in the report.
Relationship to other programmes and funds
MAF and other government agencies are responsible for developing and delivering a number of programmes and funds with objectives that complement the SLM Hill Country Erosion Programme. Click here to view a list of these programmes and funds.
Questions and answers
MAF has compiled a list of questions and answers to provide direct and detailed information about the SLM Hill Country Erosion Programme, erosion, sustainable land management. Click here to view these questions and answers.
Contact for Enquiries
HCE Project Adviser
Natural Resources Group
MAF Policy
PO Box 2526
WELLINGTON 6140
Telephone: (04) 894 0632
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