Our publications

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Journal papers

MacLeod CJ 2022. Pathways towards evidence-based decision-making for improving New Zealand farm sustainability. Environmental Challenges, 6, 100440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2021.100440 

MacLeod CJ, Brandt AJ, Collins K, Dicks LV. 2022. Giving stakeholders a voice in governance: biodiversity priorities for New Zealand’s agriculture. People & Nature 4: 330–350.   https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10285 

MacLeod CJ, Brandt AJ, Collins K, Moller H, Manhire J. 2022. Behavioural insights for improved uptake of agricultural sustainability assessment tools. People & Nature 4: 428–444. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10294 

MacLeod CJ, Brandt AJ, Dicks LV. (2022). Facilitating wise use of experts and evidence to inform environmental decisions. People and Nature, 4, 904–917. DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10328 

Whitehead J, MacLeod CJ, Campbell H. 2020. Improving the adoption of agricultural sustainability tools: A comparative analysis. Ecological Indicators 111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.106034

MacLeod CJ, Green P, Tompkins DM, Benge J, Moller H. 2016. Optimising survey effort to monitor environmental variables: a case study using New Zealand kiwifruit orchards. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 183(1): 13–2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.08.033

Green P, MacLeod CJ. 2016. SIMR: an R package for power analysis of generalised linear mixed models by simulation. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 7: 493–498.  https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12504

Blogs

Bridgewater, P. 2022.  Which expert? What evidence? Whose decision? Relational thinking. The People and Nature Blog. https://relationalthinkingblog.com/2022/05/17/which-expert-what-evidence-whose-decision/

Cool Farm Alliance. 2002. Biodiversity Priorities for New Zealand’s Agriculture. Cool Farm Alliance Blog. https://coolfarmtool.org/2022/01/biodiversity-priorities-for-new-zealands-agriculture/

MacLeod CJ, Brandt AJ, Collins K, Dicks LV. 2021. Conservation decisions can be enriched by diverse insights. Relational thinking. The People and Nature Blog. https://relationalthinkingblog.com/2021/12/13/plain-language-summary-conservation-decisions-can-be-enriched-by-diverse-insights/

MacLeod CJ, Brandt AJ, Collins K, Moller H, Manhire J. 2022. Let farmers build it if you want them to buy it. Relational thinking. The People and Nature Blog. https://relationalthinkingblog.com/2022/03/08/plain-language-summary-let-farmers-build-it-if-you-want-them-to-buy-it/

MacLeod CJ, Brandt AJ, Dicks LV. (2022). How science can better inform environmental decisions. Relational thinking. The People and Nature Blog.  https://relationalthinkingblog.com/2022/04/15/plain-language-summary-how-science-can-better-inform-environmental-decisions/

Policy briefs

MacLeod CJ, Brandt AJ, Collins K, Dicks LV, Shackelford G, Wordley C, Sutherland W 2019. Cost‑effective mechanisms for ensuring New Zealand makes best use of global scientific evidence. New Zealand Sustainability Dashboard Policy Brief Series. https://datastore.landcareresearch.co.nz/dataset/policy‑brief‑evidence‑synthesis

MacLeod CJ, Brandt AJ, Collins K, Miller S, Shackelford G, Dicks LV 2019. Co‑design evidence‑based, locally‑relevant and useful tools to improve sustainability performance. New Zealand Sustainability Dashboard Policy Brief Series. https://datastore.landcareresearch.co.nz/dataset/policy‑brief‑codesign‑evidencebased‑tools

Videos

MacLeod CJ, Brandt AJ, Brake M 2018. Is the biodiversity useful and easy to use? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMUC-WbuLEs

MacLeod CJ, Brandt AJ, Brake M 2018. Telling the NZ biodiversity story: what goes into our tool? https://youtu.be/mtycBggfM0A

MacLeod CJ, Brandt AJ, Brake M. 2017. Help us to tell New Zealand's biodiversity story | Co designing an online tool for on farm biodiversity assessment. A proof of concept. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKm30AogCLk

MacLeod CJ, Brandt AJ, Brake M 2017. How effective are management actions? Co designing an online tool for on farm biodiversity assessment. A proof of concept. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaWnwtvWBTs&feature=youtu.be

MacLeod CJ, Brandt A, Collins K, Dicks L 2017. Which biodiversity management actions make a difference? Organic Winegrowers Conference, Blenheim, 26 28 June 2017. Invited talk published as YouTube clip online: https://youtu.be/xYbatS2Uhok