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Effectiveness and cost effectiveness of Yellow-Eyed Penguin conservation measures
(Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, 2008-02)
Although an estimated US$6 billion is invested annually in our planet's
biological diversity, little research has been conducted on which conservation treatments work best or provide best value for money. Conserving ...
What the public thinks : where do we want to go with rural New Zealand in the 21st century?
(Lincoln University, 2008-06)
The ongoing biennial environmental survey, undertaken by staff at Lincoln University since 2000, has been used as a basis for identifying some future directions for rural New Zealand in the 21st Century. In the main, New ...
The existence value of peat swamp forest in Peninsular Malaysia
(New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, 2009-08)
Forests form the dominant natural ecosystem in Malaysia. About 55% of Malaysian land area is forested and endows a rich diversity of flora and fauna. Peat swamp forests constitute a significant component of forest and ...
Greenhouse gas emissions reduction potential of the forest of the Terai Arc landscape of Nepal
(2011-05)
Global concern over climate change and potential effects of forests has derived both challenges and opportunities in modern forestry over the past decades. Since the forests are source and sink of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) ...
Potential of forest resources to alleviate poverty and unemployment in rural Nepal
(New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, 2006-08)
The study examines the importance of community forest resources for income and employment in rural areas of Nepal by studying the effect of current forestry policy on forestland use. Using data from 259 households in six ...
Public perceptions of New Zealand's environment: 2013
(EOS Ecology, 2013)
The seventh (having begun in 2000) survey of people’s perceptions of the state of the New Zealand environment was undertaken over February-March 2013. The survey is based on the Pressure-State-Response (PSR) model of ...
Soil compaction and farm sustainability indicators
(1997-06)
This paper outlines the bio-physical processes and consequences of soil compaction, its
economic significance for farmers, and the possible reasons for mismanagement of soil.
Methodologies for valuing the effects of soil ...
Poverty alleviation or aggravation? The impacts of community forestry policies in Nepal
(Lincoln Univeristy. Faculty of Commerce. Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance, 2006-08)
This research studies the effects on income and employment when externally imposed
policies constrain use of common forest resources. Using a mixed-integer linear programming
model, the study examines the impacts of cons ...
Using choice modeling to value ecosystem services on arable land
(Lincoln University., 2005-02)
The objectives are to more accurately measure values of non-market ecosystem services (ES) on New Zealand
arable land by estimating values of: gas regulation (greenhouse gas emissions);
waste treatment (nitrogen leaching); ...
Perceptions of freshwater and its management in New Zealand: 2000-2010
(Lincoln University., 2011-06-25)
This oral presentation outlines the methods of surveying freshwater, and records the key ongoing trends from ten years of perceptions of monitoring. It covers the most important values of freshwater and the desired futures ...