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 ...

The application of stated preference non-market valuation approaches in settings where there are strong cultural differences in environmental perspectives potentially misrepresent strengths of preferences for different ...

Aims: • Monitor NZers’ perceptions of resources and environmental issues – something increasingly common in other countries; • Contribute to improved state of environment reporting – matching perceptions to science can ...

The essence of resource management is determining the optimal rates of use and allocation of scarce resources. However, a problem arises in determining what optimality means. Often the resource management agency uses ...

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 ...

The purpose of this research is to 1. Undertake a scoping analysis of the potential for value transfer to provide useful estimates of the nonmarket value of New Zealand marine recreational fishing. 2. Evaluate existing ...

Benefit transfer entails using estimates of non-market values derived at one site as approximations to benefits at other sites. The method finds favour because it can be applied quickly and cheaply, however the validity ...

Efficient experimental designs offer the potential to reduce confidence intervals for parameters of interest in choice models, or to reduce required sample sizes. C-efficiency recognises the salience of willingness to pay ...

This report examines two economic concepts - option and existence values - which can be used to value natural resources. It discusses how these could apply in the Waitaki catchment.