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Journal of Environmental Management 156 (2015) 276 e289 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Environmental Management journal homepage: /locate/jenvman A regional assessment of the cost and effectiveness of mitigation measures for reducing nutrient losses to water and greenhouse gas emissions to air from pastoral farms Ronaldo Vibart a, *, Iris Vogeler a, Samuel Dennis b, William Kaye-Blake c, Ross Monaghan d, Vicki Burggraaf e, Josef Beautrais a, Alec Mackay a a AgResearch, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand b AgResearch, Lincoln Research Centre, Lincoln, New Zealand c PwC, Wellington, New Zealand d AgResearch, Invermay Research Centre, Mosgiel, New Zealand e AgResearch, Ruakura Research Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Using a novel approach that links geospatial land resource information with individual farm-scale Received 7 January 2015 simulation, we conducted a regional assessment of nitrogen (N) and phosphorous (P) losses to water Received in revised form and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to air from the predominant mix of pastoral industries in South- 24 March 2015 land, New Zealand. An evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of several nutrient loss mitigation strategies Accepted 25 March 2015 applied at the farm-scale, set primarily for reducing N and P losses and grouped by capital cost and Available online 17 April 2015