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    Compliance with biodiversity compensation on New Zealand’s public conservation lands

    Brower, Ann L.; Heijs, Laurien; Kimani, R.; Ross, James G.; Doscher, Crile
    Abstract
    This article assesses compliance with biodiversity compensation on New Zealand’s conservation land. Of the 261 Department of Conservation (DOC) concessions for commercial activity searched, only about 15% included compensation provisions. A sample of 20 concessions of that 15% suggests 68% achieve full compliance. Our results suggest compliance is influenced by factors such as habitat and activity type, protected area category, and whether a concession holder has pending concessions and/or renewals. Inconsistencies in compliance monitoring, enforcement, and reporting merit attention. Although New Zealand’s rate of full compliance with biodiversity compensation conditions is higher than that observed in other countries, compensation is rarely asked for. This rarity and the lack of national guidelines on how and what to ask for in compensation, suggest that compliance with compensation once requested, and the quality and consistency of requests themselves, limit biodiversity protection. Jurisdictions engaging in biodiversity compensation should attend not just to compliance, but also to the requests themselves. To do so, they should develop clear guidelines, enforcement strategies, and reporting processes.... [Show full abstract]
    Keywords
    Biodiversity compensation; compliance; concession; policy; Conservation Act; New Zealand; Department of Conservation (DOC); monitoring; implementation; enforcement; Department of Conservation; Ecology
    Fields of Research
    050202 Conservation and Biodiversity; 150106 Sustainability Accounting and Reporting
    Date
    2018-01-01
    Type
    Journal Article
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    https://doi.org/10.20417/nzjecol.42.4
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    Brower, A.L., Heijs, L., Kimani, R., Ross, J., & Doscher, C. (2018). Compliance with biodiversity compensation on New Zealand's public conservation lands. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 42(1). doi: 10.20417/nzjecol.42.4
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