Integrated Environmental Management of the Ecological Impacts from Seafloor Massive Sulphide Mining: Perspectives from the Kermadec Volcanic Arc, New Zealand

In this article, we explore how Maori tribal organisations are responding to calls by other Indigenous peoples to become more sustainable in a time of climate change. From a close examination of tribal Environmental Management Plans, we move to a specific case study in the Bay of Plenty area, Ngati Kea/Ngati Tuara. Ultimately, we suggest that many tribal organisations are seeking to respond to climate change and transition to becoming producers of their own food and energy needs, and are often articulating these responses in relation to specific local resources and contexts. © 2014 New Zealand Geographical Society.

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The incorporation of Māori environmental values as part of the Ruamāhanga Whaitua Implementation Programme in the Wellington Region, Aotearoa New Zealand

10.26686/wgtn.17151569.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

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Bryn Cal Hickson Rowden

Keyword(s):

Environmental Management ◽

Decision Making ◽

New Zealand ◽

Theory Approach ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Environmental Decision Making ◽

Aotearoa New Zealand ◽

Management Processes ◽

Local Government Level ◽

Implementation Programme

<p>In recent years, there has been significant efforts to create frameworks in which Māori values are incorporated as part of environmental management processes in Aotearoa New Zealand(Forster, 2014; Harmsworth et al., 2016). This research explores the factors that influence the incorporation of Māori values at the local government level, and what barriers Māori values face to being incorporated in environmental management. This research focused on a case study of the Ruamāhanga Whaitua Committe Implementation Programme process in the Wellington region. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect information on the opinions of members of the Ruamāhanga Whaitua Committee. The interviews were analysed using a critical theory approach. The research found that there was a clear discrepancy between the values and behaviours expressed by some non-Māori members of the Committee. The result of such a discrepancy was that Māori values were not sufficiently part of environmental decision making. Such a discrepancy was a result of the political structures of the Regional Council’s Whaitua Implementation Programme process. The majority of the decision-making power was found to be situated ‘higher’ up in the organisation, outside of the Committee. Overall this research found that there are important opportunities to make sure iwi values are not only included, but form the basis of decisions.</p>

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From Environmental Auditing to Integrated Environmental Management: Local Government Experience in the United Kingdom and Japan

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management ◽

10.1080/09640569512896 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 38 (3) ◽

pp. 307-332 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Brendan F. D. Barrett

Keyword(s):

Environmental Management ◽

United Kingdom ◽

Local Government ◽

Environmental Auditing ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Government Experience ◽

Integrated Environmental Management

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Urban cat (Felis catus) movement and predation activity associated with a wetland reserve in New Zealand

Wildlife Research ◽

10.1071/wr09023 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 36 (7) ◽

pp. 574 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

S. A. Morgan ◽

C. M. Hansen ◽

J. G. Ross ◽

G. J. Hickling ◽

S. C. Ogilvie ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Home Range ◽

Home Range Size ◽

Time Of Day ◽

Ecological Impacts ◽

Pest Species ◽

Domestic Cats ◽

Hunting Activity ◽

The Impact ◽

Prey Items

Context. House cats are increasingly suggested as having major ecological impacts in semiurban environments. Information on the activity of house cats is relatively scarce, especially in habitats such as wetlands. Aims. This study examines the movement and foraging behaviour of house cats living on the periphery of a wetland reserve in Christchurch city, New Zealand. Methods. Twenty-one domestic cats living in a suburban residential area were studied using radiotelemetry to determine home-range size, mean and maximum distances travelled into the adjacent wetland, and the proportion of time spent in the wetland over a 12-month period. Surveys of prey retrieval for 88 cats were also carried out by cat owners over the same 12-month period. Key results. Cat age and the distance of the cat’s home from the periphery of the wetland were highly correlated with cat movement and hunting activity. These movements were not markedly influenced by season or time of day. Younger cats (<6 years of age) living on the periphery of the wetland had larger home-range sizes, moved significantly further into the wetland and spent a significantly greater proportion of time in the wetland. Cats living close to the wetland also brought a greater diversity and a greater total number of prey items to their home-site. Rates of predation were not significantly influenced by sex or whether the cat was wearing a bell. The most common prey items were introduced rodents and birds; however, 172 of 981 prey items were identified as a native common skink. Conclusions.Consequently, cats living in households on the wetland periphery currently pose a predation risk for the wetland species, and the impact of cats on the native skink population warrants further investigation. Implications. This study suggests that domestic cats will exploit wild habitats but that their potential impact will have both positive (predation of introduced pest species) and negative (occasional direct predation) effects on native wildlife.

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