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Breaking new ground: re-inventing Māori role in Te Waihora /Lake Ellesmere’s governance
(Lincoln University. Department of Environmental Management., 2011)
Struggles relating to governance of water resources by indigenous peoples are a well
documented issue in social science literature world-wide. Informed by the debates in this
literature, our research examines recent ...
The effects of social and institutional structures on decision-making and benefit distribution of community forestry in Nepal
(Lincoln University, 2013)
Participatory democracy has been an official part of Community Forestry (CF) since 1989 when the main policy document, the Master Plan for the Forestry Sector (MPFS), was introduced in Nepal. However, many problems related ...
The Waimakariri River and its environment: frequency analysis of extreme events and the effects of flow modifications
(Lincoln University, 2016-07-18)
The Waimakariri River is known for its unpredictability; flood and drought events can occur at any time of the year. Knowledge about the return period of extreme events is crucial for water management and planning. Frequency ...
Understanding the factors leading to conflicts among agropastoralist and farming communities in Morogoro region, Tanzania, and their implications for wellbeing : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University
(Lincoln University, 2019)
In Africa, access to resources such as land, water, forest and wildlife reserve areas is a key factor for sustainable development. The scarcity and degradation of these resources in rural environments threatens human ...
Māori and freshwater: a comparative study of freshwater co-management agreements in New Zealand
(Lincoln University, 2015)
Water governance is a significant local, regional, and national challenge that echoes parallel concerns held around the world. New Zealand has a unique approach to reconciliation between colonised Indigenous Peoples and ...
Increasing uptake of environmental practices on sheep and beef farms
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme., 2012)
Water quality issues are at the forefront of people’s minds at present. The sheep and beef sector is coming under increasing pressure to ‘do their bit’ to improve water quality on farm. This is not necessarily a straight ...
Behavioural links and limits of disaster risk management and climate change adaptation: demand and supply-side evidence from Caribbean coastal tourism
(Lincoln University, 2014)
Although the treatment of disaster risk management (DRM) and climate change adaptation (CCA) as distinct and disparate processes is increasingly being questioned, the behavioural links and limits of DRM and CCA have received ...
The management of Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora: an assessment of the integration of co-governance and community agreements into a nested, statutory mangement plan
(Lincoln University, 2016)
Strategies to manage common-pool resources vary and despite substantial scholarly and practical literature very little has been written on how communities and co-governance interact with a nested system, especially as ...
The role of public participation in the management of hut communities: a case study of the Selwyn Huts
(Lincoln University, 2015)
It is widely believed by both the public and governing bodies, that public participation is a vital element of decision making. However, the application of public participation theory in practice can vary due to differing ...
The potential of treated municipal wastewater irrigation to cause aggregate instability and pore sealing on Banks Peninsula soils.
(Lincoln University, 2018-01-15)
The discharge of Treated Municipal Wastewater (TMW) into surface waters can degrade water quality and represents a waste of potentially valuable irrigation water and plant nutrients. While the application of TMW to soil ...