RESOURCES
RESOURCES: PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS
| Author : | Valentina Dinica |
|---|---|
| School/Work Place : | Victoria Univesity of Wellington, New Zealand |
| Contact : | valentina.dinica@vuw.ac.nz |
| Year : | 2016 |
In 2010, the newly elected
government of New Zealand, of neo-liberal orientation, has adopted its Business
Growth Agenda. This has been implemented through a series of legal, policy and
organizational changes, affecting the governance of the Conservation Estate.
This is the collective name for 60 types of protected areas (PA), covering one
third of the country, and managed by the national agency – the department of
Conservation [DOC]. To operate inside PA,
businesses need a concession, which can be a permit, license, a lease (for
exclusive land use) or a combination of these. The
main aims of the reforms, in the policy domains of nature protection and
tourism, are: 1) to “increase business opportunities in public conservation
land” and 2) to achieve ‘conservation gain’, through voluntary work and
donations from individuals and businesses (DOC, 2015a:42).
