New Zealand’s Pure Advantages will create a smart economy.

Climate Change Is the ‘Mother of All Risks’ to National Security Nov 16, 2015

- Time Magazine

2015 Smashes Record for hottest year, final figures confirm Jan 20, 2016

- The Guardian

2016 May Be Even Hotter Than 2015, Breaking A Record For Record-Breaking Jan 31,2016

- Forbes

Fiji: Deaths from Cyclone Winston reach 42 as Full Scope of Disaster unfolds. Feb 24, 2016

- CNN

Bill Gates Q&A on Climate Change: ‘We Need a Miracle’. Feb, 23, 2016- Bloomberg

California Drought (Folsom Dam)

Fiji Cyclone

Auckland King Tide

Slippery Slope

2015 Blenheim Forest Fires

● Intensification of dairy creates withering waterways● Productivity of dairy risen 60% since 1996● Dairy farms to cover 650,000 more hectares by 2020● Nitrogen loads in Canterbury increase 15% 2008 to 2020 & nationally 6% ● Choose Clean Water petition presented at Parliament on March 29

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Who we are

BioDiversity: Our unique advantage

Our Forest Future, Trees That Count

“We forget that we owe our existence to the presence of trees. As far as forest cover goes, we have never been in such a vulnerable position as we are today. The only answer is to plant more trees—to plant trees for our lives.” Richard St. Barbe Baker (1889–1982),

AgTech: Building on our legacy

USD$4.6B Food & AgTech sector investment 2015.

94% increase on 2014.

BioProducts: Generational opportunity

● 8,500+ hec. py forest removal since 2008 > than rate of forest planting

● 139,793+ hec. net loss tree cover 2001-2014 > than 80% size Stewart Island

● 10,000+ hec. native & regenerating forest loss 1996-2014

● 67,000+ hec. intended deforestation 2014-2015 by all owners

● Land use change 91% dairy, 6% sheep & beef, 3% residential/lifestyle

● Global daily loss = 140 km2 = strip Rangitoto Island SIX times each day

Housing: Health and wealth start here

Renewable Energy: A good head start

Smart Grid Smart City

Waste to Value

System’s Thinking