Lincoln Papers in Resource Management

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The management of New Zealand mountain lands for recreation : the third of three volumes on the current status and future direction of mountain land recreation in New Zealand
(Lincoln College. Tussock Grasslands and Mountain Lands Institute., 1979) Aukerman, Robert; Smith, Jaquetta
This report is a nationwide perspective of the management of mountain lands through the expressed thoughts and impressions which the managers of these lands have given. Furthermore, it is a critical review of management. It is important to observe that those responding represent a cross-section of managers within the agencies concerned, throughout New Zealand. This is important in order to get a true nationwide picture of the management of mountain lands. In summary, this study has involved a significant number of managers with wide regional distribution. All agencies involved in the management of mountain land recreation are represented, as are all management levels within those agencies. The data presented represent uninhibited and honest concerns of the managers. I suggest that conflict and lack of cooperation appear to be two of the major stumbling blocks to proper management of New Zealand mountain lands. Accordingly, this report addresses mountain land management within the framework of conflict and cooperation.
Economic benefits of Mt. Cook National Park
(Lincoln College. Centre for Resource Management., 1986-02) Kerr, G. N.; Sharp, B. M. H.; Gough, Janet D.
Market and non-market valued decisions are associated with New Zealand's system of national parks. The use benefits of Mount Cook National Park are not priced by the market mechanism, whereas many of the inputs necessary to operate and maintain the Park are priced. Estimates of the economic benefits are relevant information when deciding upon the allocation of resources to, and within, a system of national parks. In 1984, the consumers' surplus for adult New Zealand visitors was about $2.2 million. An estimate of the net national benefits is given by the consumers' surplus obtained by New Zealand visitors, plus the net benefits associated with foreign visitors, less the cost of Park management and land rental. The net benefit of Mount Cook National Park, as it was in 1984, is likely to be positive, indicating that the benefits associated with the current use pattern of resources exceeds their opportunity cost to the nation. However, this result cannot be used to establish the optimality of current expenditure and management. Approximately 170,000 adults visited Mount Cook National Park over 1984; 29% were from New Zealand, 25% were from Australia, 18% were from the United States, and 7% were from Japan. Visitors to the Park spend money in towns and villages in the Mackenzie Basin area. Average adult visitor expenditure in the Mackenzie Basin area is $58. These expenditures give rise to secondary economic benefits and create opportunities for regional development. Visitor expenditures in the Mackenzie Basin area are associated with $13.4 million of additional regional output, $6.8 million of additional regional income, and 196 jobs. These effects derive their significance from regional objectives; they are not indicators of the national benefits associated with Mount Cook National Park.
Pastoral high country : proposed tenure changes and the public interest : a case study
(Lincoln College. Centre for Resource Management., 1983) Blake, H.
This study was undertaken in response to the report of the Clayton Committee and the findings of the trial assessments. Its goal is to investigate the public interest in relation to present and proposed future tenure of the South Island pastoral hill and high country (hereafter referred to as high country). By focussing on the public interest, we are able to encompass within a unifying framework, a diverse range of the issues raised by the Clayton Report and the subsequent public debate. The concept helps us to discuss the values held by society with respect to the high country and the way in which these have been accommodated in the recent recommendations as to tenure. Chapter Two provides background on the characteristics of the resource and the history of the relationship between land use and tenure in the high country. Chapter Three discusses the implications of the present tenure system and the proposed tenure changes with respect to the major present and potential land uses of the high country. Chapter Four investigates the concept of the public interest, beginning with a critical review of approaches to the public interest, then developing our own approach in terms of procedural democracy. Chapter Five applies our approach to the public interest to the recommendations of the Clayton Committee and the role of the Land Settlement Board in the light of our understanding of the implications of the proposed changes of tenure.
Resource use options for the Upper Manuherikia Valley : 603 case study
(University of Canterbury and Lincoln College. Centre for Resource Management., 1982) Bussières, M.
Current resource development in New Zealand is unprecedented in its pace and scale. Development activities have implications for other resource uses and for future generations. Conflicts generated must be recognized and a comprehensive framework for resource planning developed for their reconciliation at all levels. The goal of this study is to understand resource use options in the Upper Manuherikia Valley of Central Otago. This area contains two of nine lignite deposits in the South Island which are being considered for processing into transport fuels (Figure 2). Development of the lignite will affect present and potential resource uses in the valley. The study area is defined on the west by the St Bathans Range, on the north by the boundary of the Manuherikia catchment, on the east by the Hawkdun Range and Idaburn Hills, and on the south by the road linking St Bathans and Hills Creek (Fig. 1). Part A identifies present and potential resource users in the study area. Agriculture and recreation are present uses. Forestry, lignite mining and processing, down-valley irrigation and reserves are examined as potential uses. The characteristics and physical requirements of these options are determined and discussed. Part B comprises four scenarios which represent a broad range of resource use alternatives. Implications for the physical and social environment are outlined in each scenario, as are the implications for local, regional and national policy. In Part C, recommendations are made for a comprehensive planning framework which may be used to reconcile the conflicts identified in each scenario.
Environmental energy flows in the New Zealand economic system
(Lincoln College. Centre for Resource Management., 1982) Baines, James T.; Smith, D. J.
An understanding of the energy basis for human societies is incomplete if the current and recent energy flows in the global system are not recognised. These contributions include sunlight, wind, rain, ocean waves and tides. If, as we believe, mankind's long term future is constrained by the limits imposed by sustainable energy supplies, then we must acknowledge the relationship that exists between socio-economic systems and their supporting environmental systems. For a long time people have recognised that the sun is an important source of energy supporting economic activity. However, some points of view have been advanced recently which discount the need to evaluate environmental energy flows and to include such evaluations in planning. Some argue that energy flows derived from current and recent solar energy inputs to the global system are beyond the sphere of interest of economic analysis since they do not have a money value. Such flows are beyond man's direct influence and the economic system regards them as "free goods". Others assert that such flows are so large that their inclusion in calculations dwarfs all other energy sources. Much has been done recently to assess the validity of these arguments and to overcome the theoretical and practical problems in such energy analyses. Analysis based on the concept of Embodied energy now enables the assembly and interpretation of previously disjointed information to provide a more holistic view of the world in which we live. This paper is a first attempt to rationalise and extend energy analyses of the systems of New Zealand by including environmental energy flows. The major flows are evaluated as annual averages and the relative utilities of the various flows are assessed in terms of their Energy Transformation Ratios. The calculations provide preliminary estimates only and are described in detail to enable others to improve upon them later as better information and clearer perceptions evolve.

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