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Reform of the RM System: the Urban Context (Summary Report)
$0.00 Standard price
This summary document forms part of EDS's larger project on resource management reform. It is available as a hard copy at no charge (postage only payable) or you can download it for free from the RM Project page of our website.
The Story of the HAURAKI GULF
$55.00 Sale price
$44.00 Member price
This very special publication is a social, environmental and cultural celebration of the Hauraki Gulf, and is the story of our association with this remarkable place. The book tells the story of the Hauraki Gulf from first discovery up until the present day.
The book has been produced in a very attractive full-colour, coffee table format with over 300 historic and contemporary photographs, drawings, nautical charts and maps. It will be a book to enjoy and treasure over time. It will also make an excellent gift.
To order bulk lots of the book (10 copies or more) at a discounted rate, contact Fiona via email or phone the EDS office on 09 302 2972.
What other are saying about the book:
“With its lovely maps and photos and prose as clear as glass, the book just kept opening up. This is a wonderful book.” Geoff Chapple, NZ Listener
“This is a beautiful tribute to a stunning part of New Zealand, and one that we should all have on our shelves.” Boat Books
Dolphins of Aotearoa: Living with New Zealand Dolphins**
$5.00 Sale price
$4.00 Member price
Dolphins of Aotearoa explores the ongoing relationship between humans and dolphins in New Zealand. Over this nation’s rich history, numerous people, both Māori and Pakeha, have sought out dolphins and significant numbers of dolphins have sought out people. This book tells the stories of many of these remarkable encounters.
Farming the Sea
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Aquaculture is a substantial and growing industry in New Zealand. It produces healthy and highly sought-after food products as well as health supplements. It provides well-paid jobs, supports whānau, hapū and small communities, and generates important export income. It has the potential to contribute to marine restoration. It is generally positively viewed by the New Zealand public. Managed well, the industry has a positive outlook for the future.
If you don't wish to have a hard copy of the report, you can download a copy as a pdf here.
Governance of the Hauraki Gulf
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This report is available free of charge but payment for postage is required.
You can also download a pdf version here.
The Hauraki Gulf Forum serves as an integrative body for the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park. It has been in operation for over 18 years. Its future has been the subject of active discussion amongst the Hauraki Gulf community for some years. This report draws on international literature, reports commissioned by the Forum and the Sea Change Tai Taimu Tai Pari marine spatial plan. It investigates a range of governance models operating in New Zealand and overseas. It then identifies potential options for the future role and configuration of the Forum. The report is designed to contribute to constructive debate on future governance arrangements for the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park, recognising its status as a taonga and national treasure.
Voices from the Sea: managing NZ's fisheries
$19.95 Standard price
$15.95 Member price
In 1986 New Zealand embarked on a bold experiment introducing a market based quota management system to New Zealand fisheries. Thirty years on, this report takes an in-depth look at New Zealand’s fisheries management system from the perspective of those directly involved in its operation. It includes a comprehensive literature review and 60 in-depth interviews with people involved in fisheries management from a range of sectors. It has a particular focus on the Hauraki Gulf, Kaipara Harbour, Marlborough Sounds and Tasman/Golden Bays.
Sustainable Seas
$19.95 Standard price
$15.95 Member price
This full colour, 400-page soft-cover publication, provides the first comprehensive guide to the management of New Zealand’s marine environment.
New Zealand has jurisdiction over a very large, varied and productive marine environment. It is of enormous economic, social and cultural importance to New Zealanders. With increasing interest in using and developing marine resources it is critical that we manage this marine area well.
Reform of the RM System: A model for the future (Summary of Proposals)
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This report is available as a downloadable pdf. You can view and download it from the project page on this website here.
The report is also available in hard copy at no charge (postage only payable) via this online bookshop.
This is a SUMMARY OF PROPOSALS. A summary of the larger Synthesis Report, also available in electronic and hard copy versions.
Reform of the RM System: A model for the future (Synthesis Report)
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This report is available as a downloadable pdf. You can view and download it from the project page on this website here.
The report is also available in hard copy at no charge (postage only payable) via this online bookshop.
A smaller, Summary of Proposals version (41 pages) is also available as a hard copy and in electronic format on the project page here.
This report looks at the different legislative frameworks that could form the core of a future system.
Pathways to Prosperity: safeguarding biodiversity in development
$19.95 Standard price
$15.95 Member price
New Zealand’s world-renowned natural heritage is in crisis, and efforts to safeguard it in a development context can be fraught. New Zealand relies on thriving biodiversity as it underpins our prosperity and substantial change is needed to turn the negative trends around. In the near term, much opportunity exists to enhance outcomes through improvements in existing policy and practice and other innovations.
Generously supported with funding from the New Zealand Law Foundation.
Vanishing Nature: facing New Zealand’s biodiversity crisis
$19.95 Standard price
$15.95 Member price
New Zealand’s remarkable indigenous biodiversity is fragile and it’s in crisis. This book presents an exhaustive analysis of New Zealand’s biodiversity loss and its conservation.
Strengthening Second Generation Regional Policy Statements
$11.95 Standard price
$9.55 Member price
Regional policy statements were some of the earliest documents prepared under the Resource Management Act 1991 when it came into force almost 20 years ago. Many are now under review with second generation documents being prepared.
Beyond the Tide
$11.95 Standard price
$9.55 Member price
Beyond the Tide: Integrating the management of New Zealand's coasts
Based on a detailed study of the Hauraki Gulf and the Kaipara Harbour the report investigates how the coast is currently managed and ways in which management can be strengthened in the future. The report is essential reading for everyone with an interest in better management of New Zealand's coast.
Landscape Planning Guide for Peri-Urban and Rural Areas
$9.95 Standard price
$7.95 Member price
This Guide is designed to provide assistance to regional councils and territorial authorities in addressing landscape management issues in their policy statements and plans under the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA). The RMA recognises the importance of providing for the protection and management of natural and cultural landscapes. The Guide focuses on addressing landscape management issues arising in peri-urban and rural areas.
Last Line of Defence
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Compliance, monitoring and enforcement of environmental law is the last line of defence for the public interest in nature. Poorly implemented, it risks failing to meet statutory aspirations and the environment ultimately pays the price. Despite its pivotal importance to policy outcomes, it is usually deprioritised compared with other stages of the policy cycle. This report shines a light on the approach of many of our agencies to this important role, provides insight into important innovations underway and signals where improvement is needed and how that could be achieved.
This research is funded by the New Zealand Law Foundation, Foundation Footprint and the Ministry for the Environment.
Caring for Our Coast
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An EDS guide to managing coastal development
New Zealand has a long, varied and spectacular coastline. It supports a diverse range of habitats and species and is of enormous environmental, social, cultural and economic importance to New Zealanders. With the growing pressures and threats facing this country’s coastal environment, we are at risk of losing many of these significant values.
Wonders of the Sea: The Protection of New Zealand’s Marine Mammals
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This publication investigates how New Zealand's current legislative framework has been applied in practice to address conflicts between human activity and marine mammals. It should be read by all those who want to better understand the threats currently facing New Zealand's marine mammals and what can be done about them.
Castles in the Sand: What's happening to the New Zealand coast?
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Castles in the Sand tells the story of the New Zealand coast ─ what it means to New Zealanders and what we need to do to care for it for future generations. It describes the natural history of the coast, the ways it was utilised by Maori and European settlers, and the extraordinary post-war era of bach-building.
Looking Out To Sea
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New Zealand as a model for ocean governance
New Zealand is blessed with a vast ocean, which teems with life and is the source of valuable oil, gas and minerals. New Zealanders are passionate about their ocean. It plays an important role in the nation's social, cultural and economic well-being.
Treasuring Our Biodiversity
This book is no longer available in hard copy. You can download the book from our of our Out of Stock Books section on this website.
An EDS Guide to the protection of New Zealand’s indigenous habitats and species
New Zealand has particularly high levels of biodiversity but a very poor record of conserving it. This Guide is designed to assist people who want to achieve better biodiversity outcomes as well as those whose activities impact on New Zealand’s indigenous habitats and species.
Reclaiming Our Heritage: the NZ Landscape Conference
Proceedings of The New Zealand Landscape Conference 25-26 July 2003
Co-hosted with the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects.
The New Zealand Landscape Conference was the first conference organised by the Environmental Defence Society. The conference brought together resource management professionals, real estate professionals, lawyers, planners, conservationists, Māori, developers, local and regional government, landscape architects, coastal specialists and those with an interest in our outstanding landscapes. This event really put landscape issues on the map.
A Place to Stand
This book is no longer available in hard copy. You can download the book by individual chapter here.
This report explores the catastrophic loss of New Zealand's special places to inappropriate subdivision and development. It follows on from Reclaiming Our Heritage: the New Zealand Landscape Conference that was held in July 2003. That event began to scope the scale of the problem and highlight some of the key issues. This report builds on that base and provides the first comprehensive look at the impact of the loss of landscape on our cultural identity and economic well-being.
Beyond the Resource Management Act
OUT OF STOCK. The contents of this book will be made available in pdf format in our 'Out of Stock' books section shortly.
Beyond the Resource Management Act Conference Proceedings
An in-depth exploration of the Resource Management Act.
These proceedings bring together a considered body of thought on the performance of the Resource Management Act. They include a wide range of high quality papers from both international and local commentators and should be of considerable interest to everyone concerned with the effective design and implementation of environmental legislation in New Zealand.
Safeguarding Our Oceans
This book is no longer available in hard copy. You can download the book in individual chapters. View the options here.
New Zealand is fortunate to have a very large and biodiverse marine area, hosting over 17,000 known marine species, with many thousands yet to be discovered. But this rich variety of marine life is coming under increasing pressure. Three endemic marine mammals are threatened, as are over sixty per cent of ocean-going seabirds and many species of sharks and marine invertebrates.
Seachange 05 - managing our coastal waters and oceans
This CD is no longer available. You can download individual presentations here.
In November 2005 EDS gathered together a group of over 150 delegates to examine what would be required for New Zealand to be a world leader in oceans governance.
Rather than publish the proceedings we have made papers (where they were provided) available to download from this site. This is a free service. You can also support EDS and our work by purchasing a copy of the proceedings which we have collated on a CD.
New Zealand Coastal Conference 2004
New Zealand Coastal Conference - Development and Conservation of our Coasts and Lakesides
This CD is no longer available. You can download individual presentations here.
The New Zealand Coastal Conference brought together resource management professionals, real estate professionals, lawyers, planners, conservationists, Māori, developers, local and regional government, landscape architects, coastal specialists and those with an interest in our coastal areas and lakeshores.