Enhancing our Heritage: Conservation for 21st Century New Zealanders: Ways forward from the Tahi Group of Concerned Scientists

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 256 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Craig ◽  
Henrik Moller ◽  
Denis Saunders ◽  
Morgan Williams
Keyword(s):  
Economic Reform ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Heritage Conservation ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Land Owners ◽  
Ecosystem Protection ◽  
Responsibility Of Government ◽  
Reserve System ◽  
New Zealanders

New Zealanders are constantly reminded of their degraded environment and the threatened status of their unique plants, animals and ecosystems. Instead of presenting these as symptoms of unsustainable living and the socio-economic system that rewards this, there has been a propensity to treat these as independent problems needing individual solutions with insufficient resources allocated to implement the solutions. For example, conservation of native biota and ecosystem protection are viewed as biological problems that are mainly the responsibility of government to be addressed through a government-based reserve system. In contrast, the Tahi Group view a diverse native biota and healthy ecosystems as essential elements of New Zealanders’ heritage that require social engagement and innovative economic reform. Most of all, the New Zealand conservation paradigm needs to be broadened to encourage collaboration of a wider range of stakeholders and land owners and the application of new tools for learning how best to reverse ongoing decline of native biota and degradation of ecosystems. Diversification of conservation strategies has begun in small “bottomup” ways in communities, organizations, businesses and institutions, powered by commitment and energy of many individual citizens. These strategies, where monitored, demonstrate effective and efficient actions that inspires hope for a future that fully integrates conservation as a normal and an essential component of a prosperous economy and healthy South Pacific society with little or no government input. We make a plea to move from the constant reiteration of conservation problems to a focus on developing and implementing solutions to these problems with the engagement of all New Zealanders.

The Lost Sexenio: Vicente Fox and the New Politics of Economic Reform in Mexico

2005 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 135-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Pastor ◽  
Carol Wise
Keyword(s):  
Economic Reform ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
State Policies ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Coalition Building ◽  
Divided Government ◽  
Political Strategy ◽  
Middle Ground ◽  
New Politics ◽  
Income Inequalities

AbstractThe 2000 presidential election of opposition candidate Vicente Fox signaled an end to seven decades of Mexico's single-party regime and seemed to herald the advent of truly competitive politics. But by 2003, economic reform had largely stalled, and Fox's party suffered a historically unprecedented midterm loss in the congress. This article analyzes the underpinnings of policy gridlock in the Fox administration. Fox inherited the need for microeconomic restructuring and increased competitiveness, more innovative and pragmatic state policies, the need to pay attention to the country's sharp income inequalities, and the challenge of crafting a political strategy that could build a middle ground and foster policy consensus. With his party's minority standing in the congress, Fox was constrained from the start by divided government. But more effective statecraft and coalition building would have helped. These will be essential elements for the success of any post-Fox regime.

Ontario's heritage bridge program

1984 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-244
Author(s):  
David J. Cuming
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Heritage Conservation ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Government Program ◽  
Major Aspect ◽  
Bridge Program ◽  
Unique Aspect

Conservation of the built environment is becoming a major aspect of planning activity in the 1980s. Current economic conditions have necessitated rehabilitation and renovation of many buildings and structures rather than their replacement. In response to these conditions the Ontario Ministries of Transportation and Communications and of Citizenship and Culture have initiated the Heritage Bridge Program. A key component is the establishment of a list of heritage road bridges. There is a presumption that listed bridges should be conserved where feasible. Criteria are utilized to evaluate bridges for prospective nomination to the list. Conservation strategies are recommended for protecting those bridges listed. Complementary funding provisions have been agreed to by the Ministries to encourage listed bridge conservation. The program, the first of its kind in Canada, is a systematic and comprehensive way of protecting a unique aspect of Ontario's engineering heritage. Key words: historic bridges, engineering heritage, conservation, rehabilitation, evaluation criteria, Ontario government program.

scholarly journals Finding Common Ground between United Kingdom Based and Chinese Approaches to Earthen Heritage Conservation

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 3086 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Richards ◽  
Yinghong Wang ◽  
Scott Orr ◽  
Heather Viles
Keyword(s):  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Conservation Policy ◽  
Heritage Conservation ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
International Collaborations ◽  
The World ◽  
International Issues

Earthen heritage is one of the oldest and universal forms of heritage but its conservation poses many challenges. Establishing international collaborations could provide an efficient, sustainable mechanism to increase knowledge exchange, aiding the development of earthen heritage conservation strategies around the world. However, perceived differences in how Eastern and Western countries value earthen heritage and develop conservation strategies can pose challenges for establishing collaborations. To understand these perceived differences and whether they hinder collaborations, this paper compares British and Chinese heritage conservation policy and practice and then reports the results from an innovative workshop examining the approaches of 13 Chinese and 13 UK based heritage experts and researchers towards earthen heritage conservation. Workshop participants undertook bilingual discussions and completed a co-created questionnaire available in English and Mandarin. Both groups identified historic value as the most important value and maintenance of authenticity and integrity, need for scientific research and site scale conservation as vital considerations for conservation strategies. This study found that to understand the potential for collaboration, individual perspectives need consideration as well as policies and practices. This innovative bilingual, discussion-based approach has potential to aid collaborations for diverse international issues from wildlife conservation to cross-boundary pollution and climate change.

scholarly journals Influence of edge in the structure of the vegetation of an open Ombrophilous Forest in Alagoas

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Antônio Raphael Silva de Lima ◽  
Ricardo Cordeiro de Lima ◽  
Isabel Tavares Galindo Nepomuceno ◽  
Hugo Henrique Costa do Nascimento ◽  
Ana Paula do Nascimento Prata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Edge Effect ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Diagram Technique ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Venn Diagram ◽  
Environmental Characteristics ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Ombrophilous Forest ◽  
Number Of Individuals

Understanding the influence of fragmentation on the behavior of forest essential elements in different vegetation formations is fundamental for the definition of conservation strategies. In this study, the aim was to evaluate the influence of the edge environment on the phytosociological structure of a fragment of Open Ombrophylous Forest, in Rio Largo, Alagoas. Five transects of 10.0 x 100.0 m were subdivided into ten 10.0 x 10.0 m plots to collect the data. All tree individuals with Chest Height Circumference ≥ 15 cm were sampled, measured and later identified in the herbarium of the Institute of the Environment of Alagoas. For the analysis, the phytosociological parameters Shannon-Wiener diversity (H'), Pielou equability (J') were calculated after defined the successional classes and dispersion syndromes of the species sampled. The edge effect was analyzed by comparing the richness, diversity, equability and number of individuals in the interior and at the edge of the fragment, using the Venn diagram technique. There were 581 arboreal individuals, of which 434 were identified as belonging to 20 families, 24 genera and 30 morphospecies. Among the raised species, there were higher occurrences of early secondary (46.67%) and late (23.33%), as well as those of zoocoric dispersion (53.33%). The diversity was 2.89 nats/ind., and the Pielou (J') equability was 0.8497. The edge environment did not influence the establishment of species. This may have occurred due to the environmental characteristics of the open ombrophylous forest.

The Australian monsoonal tropics: An opportunity to protect unique biodiversity and secure benefits for Aboriginal communities.

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 343 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Moritz ◽  
E J Ens ◽  
S Potter ◽  
R A Catullo
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Evolutionary Dynamics ◽  
Anthropogenic Impacts ◽  
Aboriginal Communities ◽  
Land Owners ◽  
Conservation Effort ◽  
The Face ◽  
Cape York ◽  
Critical Regions ◽  
Reserve System

The Australian monsoonal tropics region contains one of the planet’s largest, relatively intact tropical savannas and has been continually occupied by humans for at least 50,000 years. The region, spanning Cape York Peninsula, the Top End and the Kimberley of northern Australia has long been known to host high biodiversity, but only now is the true extent of locally unique (endemic) species and genetic diversity within each of these areas becoming apparent. Though some critical regions have been included in the national reserve system, including the iconic Kakadu National Park, the ecological and evolutionary dynamics are such that large interconnected swathes of the region need to be actively managed to sustain this unique diversity in the face of escalating anthropogenic impacts and species decline. The growth in Indigenous Protected Areas and Indigenous-owned land where Traditional Owners aspire to “care for their Country” offers an opportunity to contribute to the broader conservation effort in the region. The conservation imperative is also entwined with Aboriginal cultural aspirations. Over the last few decades there has been a resurgence of effort by Aboriginal landowners to maintain their cultural responsibilities and knowledge, pursue socio-economic development opportunities, as well as to protect the bio-cultural values of their ancestral country. In the Australian monsoonal tropics, over 40% of the landscape is under some form of Aboriginal ownership or control and emerging initiatives such as the Indigenous Protected Area programme, representing a partnership of community, government and sometimes NGOs offer one (though not the only) constructive way forward. As the biological uniqueness of the landscape is uncovered, this should bolster the perceived biodiversity value and encourage further investment in protecting it, especially through programmes that promote engagement with, and employment of, Aboriginal communities. For this to be sustainable, the discovery and management of the region’s biodiversity needs to be driven increasingly by Aboriginal land owners with clear cultural and community, as well as biodiversity, benefits. This

scholarly journals Public preferences for heritage conservation strategies: a choice modelling approach

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Throsby ◽  
Anita Zednik ◽  
Jorge E. Araña
Keyword(s):  
Economic Value ◽  
Heritage Conservation ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Choice Modelling ◽  
Public Preferences ◽  
Planning Decisions ◽  
Modelling Framework ◽  
Assessment Procedures ◽  
Modelling Approach

AbstractStudies aiming at valuing cultural and natural heritage projects are often focussed on one or only a few sites, whereas planning decisions concerning the allocation of public funds to heritage conservation deal with classes of heritage rather than single sites. In addition, such planning decisions are almost always concerned with non-monetary values that need to be incorporated into assessment procedures if the total value of alternative strategies is to be estimated. In this paper, we put forward and estimate models to address both of these issues within a choice-modelling framework. The method is developed in the context of conservation of a particular class of cultural heritage, namely major historic buildings in a city or country. We report results from a discrete choice experiment to assess public preferences in which the choices are alternative conservation programs and the attributes are dimensions of the programs’ cultural and economic value. The model is estimated from survey data using several flexible econometric specifications. We show that the methods developed can be used to obtain robust estimates of the economic value of this category of buildings. We also find a significant contribution of all aspects of cultural value to the formation of conservation preferences and the public’s willingness to pay.

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