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Ecologists
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This report looks at where the Condition Funds have been spent and makes some interesting recommendations
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The final report on ABC is now available. It sets out what happened over the 3 years, what was learned and the way forward.
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The Resource Management Amendment Act 2003 clarified that managing biodiversity is an explicit function of both regional councils and territorial authorities.
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Gerard Willis has produced a report for Action Bio-Community on using LTCCPs to promote better biodiversity management.
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This report by Gerry Kessels investigates tools for biodiversity management. It looks at examples of community initiatives and council approaches and draws conclusions.
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Maggie Bayfield has recently visited many councils and has produced a report on QEII and Local Government.
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“Having seen things go wrong in the past we came to realize a lot of the controversy about wetlands was partially because landowners felt planning rules were being imposed on them from afar. Rightly or wrongly, people do often feel disempowered by the rules approach, which then creates a situation they feel they have to react to. Our process was designed to try and approach things from a different angle, and to work side by side with landowners.”
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Somehow, people think that biodiversity "should" respond to market mechanisms. Often, people end up disappointed. There's more to the mix than the market.
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Information can powerfully set the council or client up. If focussed, they take on the work quickly. An unfocused approach to information can be a killer, financially, of time, and of enthusiasm.
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Planning and statutory instruments offer the appearance of certainty. But, it’s at the implementation of these instruments that the rubber hits the road.
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Voluntary approaches are appropriate when private land is involved, and the active support of landholders is needed.
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A set of well articulated principles guide the development of the optimal mix of instruments, policies and resources to manage biodiversity. Not that anyone pays very much attention!
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Ecologists
 David Bellamy - seen here with kiwi chick - was a keynote speaker at the LGNZ conference.
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