scholarly journals Biodiversity offsets under the Resource Management Act 1991: A New Environmental Bottom-Line?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Adam Lothian Holloway
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Current Approach ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Biodiversity Offsets ◽  
Function Loss ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Policy Statements ◽  
Biodiversity And Ecosystem Function

<p>Biodiversity offsets, a form of environmental compensation, are increasingly being offered by developers and taken into account as part of the process for determining planning permissions in New Zealand. This paper outlines the concept of biodiversity offsets and, with reference to a case study, the role it currently plays under New Zealand's primary planning legislation – the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA). The paper argues that while the current approach to offsets under the RMA is sub-optimal, recent developments of the law pertaining to national policy statements provide an opportunity to use biodiversity offsets as part of implementing an environmental bottom line for biodiversity and ecosystem function loss.</p>

scholarly journals Biodiversity offsets under the Resource Management Act 1991: A New Environmental Bottom-Line?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Adam Lothian Holloway
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Current Approach ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Biodiversity Offsets ◽  
Function Loss ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Policy Statements ◽  
Biodiversity And Ecosystem Function

<p>Biodiversity offsets, a form of environmental compensation, are increasingly being offered by developers and taken into account as part of the process for determining planning permissions in New Zealand. This paper outlines the concept of biodiversity offsets and, with reference to a case study, the role it currently plays under New Zealand's primary planning legislation – the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA). The paper argues that while the current approach to offsets under the RMA is sub-optimal, recent developments of the law pertaining to national policy statements provide an opportunity to use biodiversity offsets as part of implementing an environmental bottom line for biodiversity and ecosystem function loss.</p>

The potential for integrated resource management with intensive or extensive forest management: reconciling vision with reality

1990 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 444-446
Author(s):  
I. D. Bird
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Integrated Resource Management ◽  
Intensive Forest Management ◽  
Resource Needs ◽  
Policy Statements ◽  
Forest Manager ◽  
The Continuum

In the past decade, forestry has progressed beyond harvesting and regeneration towards more integrated resource management (IRM). The concept of IRM has been endorsed in policy statements by the Canadian Institute of Forestry and many government forestry agencies. The vision of an IRM system begins with open dialogue between informed resource users who may have different resource needs. Intensive and extensive forest management options can be considered under an IRM framework. However, in reality the forest manager is increasingly forced along the continuum from extensive to more intensive practices. A case study provides an example of the benefits from intensive forest management within an IRM system.

scholarly journals Marrying Hydrological Modelling and Integrated Assessment for the needs of Water Resource Management

2014 ◽  
Vol 364 ◽  
pp. 351-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. F. W. Croke ◽  
R. S. Blakers ◽  
S. El Sawah ◽  
B. Fu ◽  
J. H. A. Guillaume ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Integrated Assessment ◽  
Water Resource Management ◽  
Human Dimensions ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Model Structures ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract. This paper discusses the integration of hydrology with other disciplines using an Integrated Assessment (IA) and modelling approach to the management and allocation of water resources. Recent developments in the field of socio-hydrology aim to develop stronger relationships between hydrology and the human dimensions of Water Resource Management (WRM). This should build on an existing wealth of knowledge and experience of coupled human–water systems. To further strengthen this relationship and contribute to this broad body of knowledge, we propose a strong and durable "marriage" between IA and hydrology. The foundation of this marriage requires engagement with appropriate concepts, model structures, scales of analyses, performance evaluation and communication – and the associated tools and models that are needed for pragmatic deployment or operation. To gain insight into how this can be achieved, an IA case study in water allocation in the Lower Namoi catchment, NSW, Australia is presented.

scholarly journals System Dynamics-Multiple Objective Optimization Model for Water Resource Management: A Case Study in Jiaxing City, China

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 671
Author(s):  
Xiaoying Zhou ◽  
Feier Wang ◽  
Kuan Huang ◽  
Huichun Zhang ◽  
Jie Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
System Dynamics ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Water Allocation ◽  
Water Resource Management ◽  
Water Shortage ◽  
Multiple Objective ◽  
Multiple Objective Optimization ◽  
Model Framework

Predicting and allocating water resources have become important tasks in water resource management. System dynamics and optimal planning models are widely applied to solve individual problems, but are seldom combined in studies. In this work, we developed a framework involving a system dynamics-multiple objective optimization (SD-MOO) model, which integrated the functions of simulation, policy control, and water allocation, and applied it to a case study of water management in Jiaxing, China to demonstrate the modeling. The predicted results of the case study showed that water shortage would not occur at a high-inflow level during 2018–2035 but would appear at mid- and low-inflow levels in 2025 and 2022, respectively. After we made dynamic adjustments to water use efficiency, economic growth, population growth, and water resource utilization, the predicted water shortage rates decreased by approximately 69–70% at the mid- and low-inflow levels in 2025 and 2035 compared to the scenarios without any adjustment strategies. Water allocation schemes obtained from the “prediction + dynamic regulation + optimization” framework were competitive in terms of social, economic and environmental benefits and flexibly satisfied the water demands. The case study demonstrated that the SD-MOO model framework could be an effective tool in achieving sustainable water resource management.

scholarly journals Enhancing Maritime Crew Resource Management Training by Applying Resilience Engineering: A Case Study of the Bachelor Maritime Officer Training Programme in Rotterdam

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 378
Author(s):  
Jaco Griffioen ◽  
Monique van der Drift ◽  
Hans van den Broek
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Error ◽  
Crew Resource Management ◽  
Management Training ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Safety Performance ◽  
Resilience Engineering ◽  
Crew Resource Management Training

This paper sets out to enhance current Maritime Crew Resource Management (MCRM) training, and with that to improve the training of technical and non-technical skills given to bachelor maritime officers. The rationale for CRM training is improving safety performance by reducing accidents caused by human error. The central notion of CRM training is that applying good resource management principles during day-to-day operations will lead to a beneficial change in attitudes and behaviour regarding safety. This article therefore indicates that enhanced MCRM should play a more structural role in the training of student officers. However, the key question is: what are the required changes in attitude and behaviour that will create sufficient adaptability to improve safety performance? To provide an answer, we introduce the Resilience Engineering (RE) theory. From an RE point of view, we elaborate on the relation between team adaptability and safety performance, operationalized as a competence profile. In addition, a case study of the ‘Rotterdam Approach’ will be presented, in which the MCRM training design has been enhanced with RE, with the objective to train team adaptability skills for improved safety performance.

scholarly journals Digital Product–Service Innovation and Sustainability: A Multiple-Case Study in the Capital Goods Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 6342
Author(s):  
Alberto de la Calle ◽  
Inmaculada Freije ◽  
Aitor Oyarbide
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Service Innovation ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Capital Goods ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Digital Product ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Multiple Case

Digitalisation, servitisation, and sustainability are keywords for the current and future development of the manufacturing industry. However, their interaction in the context of an organisation and its supply chain is unclear. This study examines how digital product–service innovation (PSI) or digital servitisation affects sustainability, considering the triple bottom line perspective, as well as identifies the underlying causes. Moreover, this study analyses the role played by supply-chain strategic collaboration, both internal and external to the company, in digital PSI and sustainability. Using a multiple-case study methodology and B2B market perspective, four companies belonging to the capital goods industry were analysed. Our findings indicate that digitalisation is leveraging both basic and advanced services in their impact on economic and environmental sustainability dimensions, while the results are limited in social sustainability. In addition, supply-chain integration is relevant for digital PSI. Internal integration is required for both basic and advanced services, while external integration is especially important in advanced services. We conclude by emphasising that companies should acquire digital capabilities to develop defensive and offensive business strategies that ultimately affect sustainability.

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