1. Land Use Change Scenarios for Waikato 2001-2050 based on WISE Prototype
Dairy Expansion
Land for dairying
increases ~4% annually
Land Use
Abandoned
Bare Ground
Broad-Acre
Forestry
Infrastructure
Mine
Indigenous Vegetation
Pastoral - Dairy
Pastoral - Other
Other Primary
Residential
Water
Wetland
Utilities
Services
Manufacturing
Construction
Dairy Expansion Scenario:
Four per cent per annum increase in demand for dairying land, from 320,000 ha (2001) to 895,000 ha (2050).
Note: simulations were run with an early WISE prototype using land use change model only.
Source: Landcare Research & RIKS