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Yes SER! No CER! An evaluation of the inclusion of Corporate Environmental Reporting (CER) in New Zealand's State of the Environment Reporting (SER) System
(Lincoln University, 1999)
A fundamental step toward achieving sustainable development/sustainable management is finding the indicators to measure whether an economy is on, or off, a sustainable path of economic development. The Ministry for the ...
Sustainability, menstrual products and sphagnum moss : an investigation
(Lincoln University, 1992)
The concept of sustainable development has become widely adopted as a management objective in New Zealand. Its application to industrial situations is often problematic, since industrial production is based upon objectives ...
Toward a framework for identifying amenity values under the Resource Management Act 1991 : a report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science (Resource Management) at Lincoln University
(Lincoln University, 1997)
The Resource Management Act 1991 requires councils to maintain and enhance amenity values. However, there has been little guidance to help councils identify the amenity values they are meant to maintain and enhance. The ...
Intergovernmental environmental cooperation between Australia and New Zealand : an exploration
(Lincoln University, 1995)
Australia and New Zealand have a close relationship, stemming from their similar dominant cultures, histories and colonial backgrounds. Well known cooperative ventures include Closer Economic Relations and involvement in ...
Science and the policy process of setting national environmental standards in New Zealand
(Lincoln University, 1995)
National environmental standards are one of the instruments by which the Resource Management Act 1991 may be implemented. Government policy indicates that 'bottomlines' may be established in the near future based largely ...
Canterbury Regional Council, climate change, carbon dioxide and mitigation
(Lincoln University, 1996)
In time New Zealand's response to the issue of climate change will be assessed. That assessment will occur with the added advantage of hindsight. Will New Zealand's response be adequate, appropriate and justifiable, or ...
Natural resources and the Treaty of Waitangi : development of government policy
(Lincoln University, 1995)
Chapter one laid out the background and context in which the issues covered in the report take place. The aims and objectives of the project are described, as are the methods used and the limitations of the report. Definitions ...
Commercialisation of feral rabbits in New Zealand : implications for rabbit control
(Lincoln University, 1994)
This dissertation was concerned with the decision to recommercialise feral rabbits under the Biosecurity Act 1993. While commercialisation is argued to present a conflict with rabbit control, it was found that this decision ...
Water conservation : a social belief : accounting for the influence of attitudes on water abstraction policy : a case study of Mid-Canterbury
(Lincoln University, 1995)
A combination of variable water resources, increased consumption and lack of anticipatory water abstraction policy has contributed to an increased occurrence of water shortages in New Zealand. Scarce water resources must ...
South Canterbury’s eels : towards bicultural management
(Lincoln University, 1994)
A preliminary proposal for bi-cultural management of the eel resource of South Canterbury, intended as a basis for negotiation with Maori, is developed after review of relevant information available from within the Pakeha ...