Assessment of New Zealand's forest codes of practice for erosion and sediment control
Abstract
New Zealand's forest industry has several codes of practice available for erosion and sediment control. This article reviews conditions required for a code of practice to succeed in protecting the environment. Internal conditions – those conditions which are written into a code and can be assessed by reading the document alone – were used to assess the strengths and weaknesses of six of New Zealand's forest codes of practice. The study found that overall, the codes scored highly for objectives, communication, planning and comprehensiveness. However they did not score well for regulatory approach, monitoring, foundations and review process. Some preliminary recommendations were made about the development of future codes of practice based on these results.... [Show full abstract]
Keywords
code of practice; erosion; sediment control; forestry engineering; ForestryFields of Research
0705 Forestry Sciences; 070504 Forestry Management and EnvironmentDate
2013-02Type
Journal ArticleCollections
© 2013 New Zealand Institute of Forestry, Inc.