A critique of the Protected Natural Area programme - a farmer's perspective
Abstract
The aim of this study is to review the Protected Natural Area scheme from a
farmers perspective.
A holistic approach was used to allow for an overview of the many implications
that the PNA programme has. The issues of property rights, management
responsibility, compensation and the need to invoke a conservation ethic, are all
part of the PNA scheme.
Case studies of Little Valley Station and The Herons, provide invaluable insight
into the publics acceptance of, the need for, and the methods by which our
nations natural features, flora and fauna can be conserved.
An evaluation of the Protected Natural Area programme reveals the need for
careful consideration to the given be all facets of the many values that abound
in New Zealand.
As the culture of development at all costs evolved, it is argued that much of our
natural heritage was lost.
This study examines the PNA scheme from its inception to the present day and
makes recommendations on how the controversy that surrounds the scheme
could be avoided.... [Show full abstract]
Keywords
Protected Natural Area scheme; farmer perspective; property rights; compensation; conservation ethic; Little Valley Station; The Herons; conservationFields of Research
050202 Conservation and Biodiversity; 050205 Environmental Management; 120504 Land Use and Environmental PlanningDate
1997Type
MonographCollections
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