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Financial contributions under the Resource Management Act 1991
(Lincoln University, 2001)
This research identifies how financial contributions for development are obtained under the Resource Management Act 1991 (the RMA). Ten city/district councils and two regional councils (one being a unitary authority) agreed ...
The role of capital formation in contributing to sustainable community forestry in Nepal
(Lincoln University, 1999)
The Nepalese Forest Act 1993 clearly identifies the roles and rights of forest user groups (FUG’s) and gives them the legal right to manage all forest products from their forests in return for forest protection. In the ...
Community based ecotourism and conservation, provision of sustainable livelihoods
(Lincoln University, 2006)
New ways of thinking about the goals and objectives of National Parks have emerged over the last two decades. Concepts like international environmental issues; human rights; conservation and development, have contributed ...
Park - People conflict in Langtang National Park, Nepal
(Lincoln University, 1993)
Out of 23 village units that are dependent on Park resources for wood and pasture, nine village units were randomly selected for detailed investigation. The investigation included structured questionnaire interviews of 212 ...
Innovation, Maori and the Maori economy : a flat or lumpy world?
(Nga Pae o te Maramatanga, New Zealand’s Indigenous Centre of Research Excellence., 2012-06)
This paper outlines how innovation has been framed in contemporary Maori economic development
using a simple dichotomy for landscape. On the one hand, the rapid diffusion of information
communication technologies (ICTs) ...
Deciding on customary use? An analysis of conflicting values in customary use decision making
(Lincoln University, 1994)
Customary use of resources by Maori has recently become the focus of public debate due to the opposition of environmentalists to the desire by Maori to reassert their rights to harvest resources such as the kereru, toroa ...
Community-based wildlife management : the case study of Selous Conservation Programme in Tanzania
(Lincoln University, 1999)
In Africa, to protect wildlife, big areas of land have been put under state control on the basis of the century-old American National Park model popularly known as the fences-and-fines approach. African governments have ...
"Mutton flaps and turkey tails:" Exploring the interconnections and contradictions between New Zealand aid, trade and the health of Samoa
(Lincoln University, 1998)
Sustainable Development is the catchphrase of the dominant development paradigm. The popularity of the term is illustrated in the widespread adoption of the term as a goal of government and international aid agencies alike. ...
Between two worlds: Maori values and environmental decision-making
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1986)
This study investigates the way in which Maori values are incorporated into environmental decision-making. Recently, the implementation of large resource developments have drawn protest from Maori communities and focussed ...
Local people's participation in protected area designation and management : a case study of Taklong Island National Marine Reserve, Philippines
(Lincoln University, 2006)
The establishment of protected areas is one of the earliest and the most well recognized strategies in nature conservation. However, the western idea of a protected area has been adopted by developing countries despite the ...