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RiVAS (and RiVAS+): Insights and lessons from 5 years' experience with the River Values Assessment System
(New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, 2012-08)
The River Values Assessment System (RiVAS and RiVAS+) are tools that enable regional councils and others to ‘objectively’ and systematically evaluate rivers in their regions for their relative importance across the range ...
RiVAS and RiVAS+: Opportunities for application of a multi-criteria river value assessment system approach which considers existing and potential states
(New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, 2011-08)
The River Values Assessment System (RiVAS) uses a combination of expert panels and multi criteria analysis to identify primary attributes (or main features) of river values (e.g., whitewater kayaking, native birds) and ...
Ranking New Zealand river values – a novel approach to managing the 'chalk and cheese' problem
(New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, 2009-08)
In New Zealand, regional councils have the task of sustainably managing rivers and their flows. In trying to achieve this task they face enormous challenges including the need to allocate flows amongst often highly disparate ...
New Zealanders’ perceptions of the state of marine fisheries and their management
(LIncoln University. Faculty of Environment, Society and Design. Department of Environmental Management., 2002)
Management of New Zealand marine fisheries is widely regarded as innovative and effective. However a
nationwide survey in 2000 revealed that New Zealanders judge the state of New Zealand’s marine fisheries
to be adequate ...
Public perceptions of New Zealand's environment: 2004
(EOS Ecology, 2004)
The third biennial survey of people’s perceptions of the state of the New Zealand environment was undertaken in February - March 2004. The survey was based on the Pressure-State-Response (PSR) model
of state of the environment ...
Perceptions of the state of the environment: the 2002 survey of public attitudes, preferences and perceptions of the New Zealand environment
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 2002)
The second biennial survey of people's perceptions of the state of the New Zealand environment was undertaken in February 2002. The survey is based on the Pressure-State-Response model of state of the environment reporting. ...
Perceptions of the state of New Zealand's environment: findings from the first biennial survey undertaken in 2000
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 2001)
The main aims of the research are to measure, analyse and monitor changes in New
Zealanders' perceptions, attitudes and preferences towards a range of environmental issues, ultimately contributing to improved state of the ...
Ethnicity and views about the New Zealand environment
Limited research has been completed on the relationship between ethnicity and views within a country on the environment, pressures on the environment and its management. Some recent New Zealand research has found no ...
Key factors determining the costs of New Zealand threatened species programmes
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Environment, Society and Design. Department of Environmental Management., 2003-12)
In 2002, 845 “threatened” NZ species and annual expenditure of NZ$35.8 million.
NZBS - extra $26.5 million over 5 years, incl. NZ$10 million for kiwi sanctuaries.
Unclear why some threatened species programmes have high ...
Public perceptions of New Zealand's environment: 2008
(EOS Ecology., 2008)
Beginning in 2000 Lincoln University has completed biennial surveys of
people's perceptions of the state of the New Zealand environment. The
surveys use the Pressure-State-Response framework for state of the
environment ...