Managing the future of places that are esteemed for both their cultural and natural heritage values is becoming increasingly contentious. This paper examines the spatialised strategies of two groups attempting to influence ...

New Zealand's conservation estate is in danger of becoming congested and degraded by increasing tourist numbers. The increased pressure from tourists is directly related to the New Zealand Tourism Board's objective of ...

The aim of our research was to undertake a qualitative evaluation of the performance of ISO 14001 in ten Canterbury based organisations. An evaluation framework was developed consisting of twenty-two questions based on the ...

The key objective of this multi-disciplinary research was to seek for feasible solutions to avoid effluent from livestock trucks spilling onto roads. Stock effluent spillage mainly poses road safety hazards and environmental ...

The purpose of this study was to examine conservation, livelihoods, and the role of tourism. The village of Sukau in the Kinabatangan District of Sabah, Malaysia, served as a case study. The vital importance of the Lower ...

An understanding of relationships between local populations and nearby protected natural areas is necessitated by recent shifts towards socially inclusive park management. This study uses a qualitative case-study approach ...

This dissertation examines the supply chain of a New Zealand wine producer, from the growing of the grapes to the transporting of the finished wine to its final destination at the distributor’s warehouse in the United ...

Bangladesh and New Zealand are two small countries. Agriculture is the economic base in both countries. Both undertook economic reforms in the 1980s and 1990s. The experiences with economic reforms in these two countries ...

The overall goal of the study is to develop a baseline inventory of natural asset condition and impact monitoring tools that can be used to derive lists of standard tools for visitor impact monitoring applications. It is ...

With the tourism sector now a significant contributor to the New Zealand economy ($5.9 billion direct tourism value added in the year ended March 2003), and strong growth patterns forecast to continue for the 2003-2009 ...