An analysis shows forestry clear-cutting limits in Tairāwhiti have barely been applied, as new rules take a more permissive stance on slash risk.
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All but four of New Zealand’s 120 lizard species are threatened or at risk. But little consideration is given to lizards during most land development projects.
Even when forestry companies fully comply with current standards, slash discharge and erosion can happen. New rules must set size and location limits on clear-felling.
Traditional cost-benefit analyses treat wetland restoration as a one-off expense with fixed returns. New research shows this misses long-term climate and biodiversity benefits.
Rule changes to allow larger granny flats follow a well-established pattern in New Zealand: modest reforms to address big and complicated problems.
New Zealand needs a legal arrangement that allows carbon capture and storage technologies to evolve without being a mere offshoot of the oil and gas industry.
New Zealand is replacing its once groundbreaking environmental legislation with new laws, one of which focuses on climate change adaptation and will include a fund to enable managed retreat.
The remediation of a quarried landscape usually focuses on ecological restoration. But if we turned mined sites into public spaces, it might change how we think about the environment.
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Professor of Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Senior Scientist in Environmental Economics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Adjunct Senior Fellow, Te Kura Ngahere-New Zealand School of Forestry, University of Canterbury
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Practice-based PhD Researcher in Landscape Architecture, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Researcher in Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Postgraduate Student, Department of Environmental Management, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Post-doctoral Researcher in Ecology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato