Native bush in Central Hawke's Bay: is there a future without rules?
dc.contributor.author | Hunter, James | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-03T01:40:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-07-03T01:40:23Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
dc.description | The New Zealand Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme develops emerging agribusiness leaders to help shape the future of New Zealand agribusiness and rural affairs. Lincoln University has been involved with this leaders programme since 1979 when it was launched with a grant from the Kellogg Foundation, USA. | en |
dc.description.abstract | The protection of New Zealand's indigenous biodiversity of New Zealand is a significant national issue. Central Hawke's Bay (CHB) has not escaped comments about the continuing loss and degradation of native bush, and apparently slow rate of protection. At the same time there is an increasing awareness within farming circles of the value of these remaining bush areas and an enthusiasm for voluntary protection work. Continual pressure from livestock and pests threatens the remaining bush. Rules have been proposed to maintain this status quo, in many cases as a backstop to prevent an unknown number of landowners from hastening this decline by more deliberate means. The administration and enforcement of rules involves consents, bureaucracy and money. To date, the CHB District Council has placed its faith in voluntary protection, rather than rules which don't offer any protection against gradual degradation. Can this fear for the future be allayed by focusing on what is being gained? Regeneration can and does repair past damage and losses. To answer the question of whether rules are needed in CHB, I have: • Estimated the native bush areas remaining, • Quantified what native bush areas have been voluntarily protected using legal covenants, • Looked for any trends in the rate of protection, and • Costed protection work and on-going commitments. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10182/6200 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme. | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme report | en |
dc.rights | Copyright © The Author. | en |
dc.rights.accessRights | This Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme report can be viewed only by current staff and students of Lincoln University. | en |
dc.subject | native plants | en |
dc.subject | Hawke's Bay | en |
dc.subject | voluntary protection | en |
dc.subject | regeneration | en |
dc.subject | covenants | en |
dc.subject.anzsrc | ANZSRC::050202 Conservation and Biodiversity | en |
dc.subject.anzsrc | ANZSRC::050205 Environmental Management | en |
dc.title | Native bush in Central Hawke's Bay: is there a future without rules? | en |
dc.type | Monograph | en |
lu.contributor.unit | Kellogg Rural Leaders |
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