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Land Environments of New Zealand

April 2003

Land Environments of New Zealand (LENZ) is a classification of environments mapped across New Zealand’s landscape – a classification that is nationally consistent, works at a range of scales and comes complete with information about climate, soils and landforms. It has been produced in partnership with Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd and consists of four products:

A full colour atlas for general use that presents Levels I and II of the classification and describes the what, where, when, who and how of the system. It also includes six example case studies for conservation and resource management applications and Level II maps of the North and South Islands.
A technical guide that describes Levels II, III and IV of the classification including its construction with guidelines for its electronic use in a geographic information system.
Two CDs with detailed information: one contains the classification data layers, the other the underlying climate, soils and landform variables that make up the classification system.

Availability:

Download the PDF from the Landcare Research website.
Full colour atlas RRP $49.99 from bookstores (published by David Bateman Ltd), ISBN 1-86953-522-7
Printed copies are not available.
CDs are available under license to Landcare Research for a cost of $350 each ($700.00 for the set) to public good agencies (eg. councils, government departments). Cost to commercial agencies (eg. private industries, consultants) is $1250 for each CD when buying the set of two; $1500 for each CD if buying separately.

For more information on LENZ visit the Landcare Research's LENZ page.