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Auckland regional parks network: assessment of benefits & expenditure recovery options
(1997-01)
The Auckland Regional Council (ARC) maintains and administers a network of countryside
and conservation parks, as well as the Botanic Gardens and stadia at Mount Smart. The annual
budget of the Auckland Regional Parks ...
New methodology for the ecological footprint with an application to the New Zealand economy
(Lincoln University. Commerce Division, 1997-04)
Sustainable development has become a primary objective for many countries throughout the world since the late 1980’s. A major difficulty associated with sustainable development objectives, however, is the absence of reliable ...
Option value: improving resource allocation efficiency
(Lincoln University. Centre for Resource Management, 1991-10)
Measuring consumer benefits associated with a policy or a project in a world where prices and outcomes are known with certainty is, at least in theory, straightforward. Changes in consumer surplus provide an appropriate ...
Contingent valuation of improved water quality in the lower Waimakariri River
(Lincoln University (Canterbury, N.Z.). Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 1993-12)
Analysis of oil and gas exploration and discovery in New Zealand - a basis for supply forecasting
(Ministry of Economic Development, 1998-04)
The long term sustainability of oil and natural gas supply in New Zealand will depend upon several factors, in
particular the size and location of commercially exploitable resources, and the success of industry in ...
Biodiversity protection: measurement of output
(Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, 1999)
The term biodiversity conservation can be applied to efforts to conserve genetic
diversity, species diversity and ecosystem diversity. This paper focuses on
efforts to conserve species and ecosystem diversity. Efforts to ...
Cost-effectiveness of different possum control methods
(New Zealand Department of Conservation, 1995-04)
Although possums have been controlled by government agencies for more than 4 decades, there is little quantitative information available on the costs of controlling possums or the extent to which costs vary. A number of ...
Vegetation protection: some economic analysis
(New Zealand Association of Economists, 1992-08)
Possums, a native of Australia, were first liberated in New Zealand in 1858 to provide a
source of fur. Today they number about 70 million and few parts of the country have not
been invaded by possums. Possums have well ...
Output measurement in evaluation of ecosystem protection programmes
(Environmental Economics Research Group. Department of Economics, University of Stirling, UK, 1995-06)
Protection of species and ecosystems from damage by introduced species typically involves use of
taxpayer funds. Governments are increasingly concerned to ensure value for money is achieved,
and request evaluation of these ...
Measuring the costs and benefits of plant protection
(New Zealand Plant Protection Society, 1993)
Plant protection can encompass a number of activities. Weed control in cereals,
competitor suppression for pine seedlings, weevil control in lucerne, control of fruit
worm in tomatoes, black spot on apples, powdery mildew ...