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Stated preference evaluation of government budgets
(New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, 2005-08)
Stated preference approaches are widely used in non-market valuation. However, their potential uses extend far beyond valuation. In particular they can be used to assess efficiency of resource allocations and to design ...
Public perceptions of New Zealand freshwater and its management - reconciling the science and management implications
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Environment, Society and Design. Department of Environmental Management., 2005-03)
Outline
• Outline of the biennial perceptions survey.
• New Zealanders’ perceptions of freshwater
using Pressure-State-Response model
– Trends in perceptions
– With demographic differences
• Comparisons between perceptions ...
Financing threatened species management: the costs of single species programmes and the budget constraint
(New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, 2005-08)
In New Zealand total annual funding allows 15 percent of the 2,400 threatened species to be targeted for management. Although management costs are crucial to a conservation organisation's ability to achieve its goals, ...
Economic analyses to aid nature conservation decision making
(Cambridge University Press, 2005-07)
Nature conservation can often be costly and the resources available are often less than are required. Resource allocations and expenditures for nature conservation have an opportunity cost in terms of foregone projects, ...
Public perception of the urban environment: comparison of Wellington with national data
(2005-08)
The first State of the Environment Reporting (SER) exercise based on a survey of New
Zealanders' perceptions of the environment was undertaken in 2000. The survey
questionnaire is constructed upon a Pressure-State-Response ...
Measuring the success and cost effectiveness of New Zealand multiple-species projects to the conservation of threatened species
(Elsevier, 2005-05)
Much attention is focused on conservation efforts to protect and recover threatened species. As part of these efforts, many projects attempt to manage sites containing populations of more than one threatened species. ...
Ecosystem health demystified: an ecological concept determined by economic means
(The Australian National University, 2005-05-05)
This paper addresses “ecosystem health”, a concept recently popularised as the way forward in evaluating nature. The
concept is often defined in vague expressions and is being seen more as a broad societal aspiration rather ...