Sustainable forest management aims to manage forests for all their values: economic; sociocultural; and ecological and physical. This is a holistic approach. Countries participating in the Montreal Process, an international ...

Limitations on the supply of fresh water and increasing demand for council supplied water have become major issues in Akaroa, a tourist town on the Banks Peninsula approximately 80 kilometres from Christchurch City. ...

Wind energy is touted as the cheapest large-scale source of renewable energy. From wind’s global potential of 60 TW-year/year, 10% are exploitable, which represents four times the global electricity consumption. Nonetheless, ...

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 ...

This thesis traces the evolution of the ranger in New Zealand's protected natural resource management from 1874-1987. Rangers were employed by three government departments - the Department of Lands and Survey, the New ...

Fresh water lakes are highly valued in today’s world. The use and management of this freshwater resource is critical to all four well-beings (social, economic, environmental, and cultural) worldwide and specifically (for ...

This report investigates the potential of Hot Rocks as a manufactured fuel for domestic use in Christchurch. It examines both the environmental and economic comparisons of Hot Rocks against other fuels such as wood and ...

This research investigates how farmers' norms and beliefs predict adoption of 10 farm specific good management practices (GMPs) for improved water quality in Southland. These GMPs are components of Environment Southland's ...

The Antarctic, open to all and under no state ownership, is one of the world’s global commons. This area is facing challenges that extend beyond its boundaries. Challenges stemming from global warming, economic utilisation ...

The purpose of this study is to examine some characteristics of the transition to a steady state and its implications for Resource Management. The transition means changing from a society based on exponential growth in ...