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Strategies to minimise, buffer or mitigate adverse environmental impacts from using and developing land (e.g. agriculture, tourism, energy production, mining, timber and transport) assist in maintaining a comparative advantage in competitive global markets, and improve the health of our land and water assets. </p><h2>Research priorities </h2><ul><li>Soil and ecosystem health </li> <li>Erosion process and management </li> <li>Integrated land and water management </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-content-block l-content-block--alone "> <div class="element relatedcontent" id="e2137"> <a id="key-initiatives"></a> <div class="c-section-header"> <h4 class="c-section-header__title"> Key initiatives </h4> </div> <div class="c-related-content c-related-content--4-up"> <div class="carousel carousel--4-up"> <div class="carousel-cell"> <div class="c-related-content__item"> <a class="c-related-content__link" href="/discover-our-research/land/erosion-and-sediment/smarter-targeting-of-erosion-control/"> <span class="c-related-content__image-container"> <img class="c-related-content__image" src="/assets/Discover-Our-Research/Land/erosion__FillMaxWzMwMCwyMDBd.jpg" width="300" height="200" alt="erosion"> </span> <h4 class="c-related-content__title"> Smarter Targeting of Erosion Control (STEC) </h4> <p class="c-related-content__desc"> Helping to meet national freshwater objectives for catchment management. </p> </a> <ul class="c-tag-list"> <li class="c-tag-list__item"> <a href="/search/?type=project" class="c-tag c-tag--content-type c-tag--small">Project</a> </li> <li class="c-tag-list__item"> <a href="/search/?tag=erosion" class="c-tag c-tag--small">Erosion</a> </li> <li class="c-tag-list__item"> <a href="/search/?tag=land" class="c-tag c-tag--small">Land</a> </li> <li class="c-tag-list__item"> <a href="/search/?tag=water-quality" class="c-tag c-tag--small">Water quality</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div><!-- End carousel-cell --> <div class="carousel-cell"> <div class="c-related-content__item"> <a class="c-related-content__link" href="/discover-our-research/land/soil-and-ecosystem-health/soil-health-and-resilience/"> <span class="c-related-content__image-container"> <img class="c-related-content__image" src="/assets/Discover-Our-Research/Land/Soil-health-resilence/soil_samples__FillMaxWzMwMCwyMDBd.jpg" width="300" height="200" alt="Soil samples. 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