Join us for the next event in the Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki Lincoln University Excellence Series. This series has been designed to showcase leadership in various disciplines including the opportunity to promote the University's distinctive and impactful applied research. This series celebrates research excellence and promotes a public forum to a broader community, highlighting Lincoln University's specialist land-based contribution to driving New Zealand's prosperity and intergenerational wellbeing.
Covering over a quarter of China’s landmass, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the largest grassland plateau on earth, and a globally significant ecological zone. It also provides the livelihood of 5 million people, ninety per cent of which are engaged in farming and herding. On these high-altitude grasslands farming is faced with increasing sustainability pressures in a deteriorating landscape while trying to maintain economic viability.
Join us as Professor Jim Moir delves into the challenges faced in this immense grassland environment and the work of LU researchers who visit there.
Wednesday 23rd October
4.00pm-5.30pm
Inaka Room, Waimarie Building, Lincoln University
Timings
4.00 pm - Networking and drinks
4.15 pm - Welcome & introduction from LU Vice-Chancellor
4.20 pm - Presentation from Speaker
4.50 pm - Summary
5.00 pm - Networking and questions over drinks and nibbles
5.30pm - Event Ends
About Our Speaker
Professor Jim Moir
My research focus is soil fertility based, investigating nutrient cycling in grazed grasslands, including plant nutrition. My research expertise is in nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) cycling and soil pH (acidity) issues in soil/plant/animal systems. My aim is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our grassland farming systems, towards the future sustainability of grazed grasslands. In collaboration with colleagues at Qinghai University I am working on a key project examining nutrient flows and sustainability issues in high altitude Chinese and New Zealand grasslands. In China, we work on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, which is under high grazing pressure from farmers and threatened by severe degradation as a result. This is the largest grassland Plateau in the world and shares many common issues with New Zealand high country grasslands. This project aims to increase knowledge of these systems to improve the quality and long-term sustainability of grazed grasslands.
Research profile Jim Moir
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