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Sustainable agriculture : a process to identify barriers to sustainable agriculture from an IEM perspective

Coumbe, Rachael (Lincoln University, 1996)
Environmental management is increasingly focused on sustainable outcomes and the agricultural industry is no exception to this. For at least the last decade, international concern has emerged about the effect of agricultural practices on the natural envir ...
Hydrogeological support for the Orari environmental flow and water allocation plan

Burbery, Lee (Environment Canterbury, 2011-02)
An environmental flow and water allocation plan is being developed for the Orari River, South Canterbury. In 2006/07, an integrated field study of surface water shallow - groundwater was undertaken of the region. As part of the study, shallow groundwater ...
Management objectives for resource uses in the Arrowsmith Range, Canterbury

Dixon, Jennifer E. (Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1978)
The resources of the Arrowsmith study area are described and classified according to a land systems concept. Four land systems are identified: one land system has three sub-systems. This description is used in conjunction with an analysis of use experi ...
Prioritising and evaluating biodiversity projects

Cullen, Ross; White, Piran C. L. (CSIRO Publishing, 2013)
Biodiversity is under threat globally, and in almost all nations. Habitat loss and habitat fragmentation occur due to a variety of factors including land use conversion, human population growth, urbanization, roads, and pol ...
Community policy development: The integration of community views into the policy process: A case study of the Sumner concept plan

Shaw, Richard (Lincoln University, 1997)
The Resource Management Act 1991 provides a framework for environmental management, with the majority of implementation responsibility directed at the local government level. It was intended that the local community would set goals for environmental quali ...
Some aspects of management for New Zealand wetlands

Regnier, C. E. (Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1983)
This study has considered some management aspects of New Zealand's wetland resource. An overview of past and present uses of some wetland types and possible trends illustrate attitudes toward wetland. The depleted status of the resource is stressed. The n ...
Integrated management versus fragmented management : a case study : Te Waihora

Munn, Shane (Lincoln University, 1992)
This report advocates that integrated management, given the complex nature of the environment, is more preferable than a regime which is characterised by fragmentation. General issues associated with the present resource management regime will be illustra ...
An appraisal of coastal zone management problems and potential approaches for institutional reform

Smitheram, G. J. (Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1986)
The coastal zone is identified as a finite resource, with a limited capacity to meet demands for its use. Problems occur, or are perceived, when demands conflict or people's expectations are not met. It is proposed in this study that institutional arrange ...
Traditional Maori methods for natural resources management in a contemporary world : options and implications for Te Waihora (Lake Ellesmere)

Jull, J. P. (Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1989)
Principles of the traditional Maori for the management of natural resources are described along with the traditional uses and values associated with Te Waihora (Lake Ellesmere). These principles, uses and values are then used as the basis for examining a ...
"Tragedies of the commons" and tragedies of the private : a reconsideration of property types and environmental outcomes

Polsky, Claudia (Lincoln University, 1989)
Two decades have passed since Garrett Hardin's influential paper, "The Tragedy of the Commons," appeared in the journal Science. In this paper, Hardin asserted that land and resources "open to all, without limit" -- those that humans use 'in common'-- in ...