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Evaluation of conservation biological control innovation in winegrowing
(New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, 2010-08)
Conservation biological control (CBC) aims to improve conditions for natural enemies in agricultural landscapes and has the goal of reducing pest species below threshold level to thus avoid the need for synthetic chemicals. ...
Lessons on petroleum benefits
(Otago Daily Times., 2014-01)
The prospect of renewed exploration for petroleum offshore New Zealand has generated
plenty of interest amongst the general public, business interests and government. New Zealand
has an offshore exploration history dating ...
Perceptions of the state of the New Zealand environment - water
(New Zealand Environment., 2003)
The second biennial survey of people’s perceptions of the state of the New Zealand environment was undertaken in February 2002. The survey is based on the Pressure-State-Response model of state of the environment reporting. ...
Systematic, transparent and repeatable species prioritisation
(Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand., 2009-08)
New Zealand has a very large number of threatened and endangered species. The resources available to tackle the challenges of managing biodiversity are limited. The efforts applied, have to date proved insufficient to ...
Are we failing on weeds?
(Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand., 2009-02)
New Zealand has several systems in place to prevent entry, eradicate, contain,
provide surveillance of weeds. The success of those efforts is far less than some of
us hope for and the numbers of naturalised weedy plants, ...
What New Zealanders think about marine recreational fishing
(New Zealand Fishing News., 2004)
Opinions run hot on the future management of New Zealand’s marine recreational fisheries. There is much at stake. Recreational fishers spend about one billion dollars a year targeting the
five most commonly caught marine ...
New Zealand fresh water management and agricultural impacts
(Wiley, 2006-09)
In New Zealand it is increasingly recognised, including by government, that water resource
allocation and water quality are issues of national importance. Agriculture is frequently
portrayed by public media as a major ...
A decade of public perceptions of the New Zealand environment: a focus on water and its management
(New Zealand Association of Economists and Law and Economics Association of New Zealand, 2010-07)
Six biennial public perception surveys of the environment have been completed at Lincoln University. The survey
asks 2000 people their perceptions of the state of the New Zealand environment and its management. 2010 ...
Prioritising and evaluating biodiversity projects
(Faculty of Agribusiness and Commerce, Lincoln University, 2011)
Funds available for biodiversity projects are scarce. Choices must therefore be made on how to use limited resources most effectively, and such decisions should be based on clear and measurable objectives for achievement ...
Least cost emission reductions
(2008)
There seems plenty of evidence that human induced climate change is occurring. If the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere continues to increase for the next few decades it seems highly likely there will be ...