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New Zealand Marine Reserve Designation Strategies, James Mize
New Zealand Marine Reserve Designation Strategies, James Mize
James Mize
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New Zealand Marine Reserves: Bureaucratic Surplusage Or Community-Driven Conservation?, James Mize
New Zealand Marine Reserves: Bureaucratic Surplusage Or Community-Driven Conservation?, James Mize
James Mize
Management authorities increasingly view marine reserves - areas of the ocean environment where no extraction of marine life is allowed - as a valuable tool for protecting areas of high biodiversity and as a buffer against scientific uncertainty in managing marine ecosystems. Such measures, however, are not without controversy as communities reliant upon these resources often resist exclusion from their traditional grounds. Thus, efforts at implementing marine reserves as conservation tools have not met widespread acceptance. As a result, marine reserves are oft designated in areas away from the interest of commercial, recreational, or customary users. In some other locations, …
Community-Driven Protection Of Temperate Deep-Water Coral Reef Biodiversity – The Case Of New Zealand’S Fiordland Marine Guardians, James Mize, Paul Irving
Community-Driven Protection Of Temperate Deep-Water Coral Reef Biodiversity – The Case Of New Zealand’S Fiordland Marine Guardians, James Mize, Paul Irving
James Mize
New Zealand’s passage of the Fiordland Marine Management Act of 2005 offers a model for coral reef management. The Fiordland area of Southwest New Zealand is unique. Deep and narrow fiords cut deep into mountains that receive more than seven meters annual rainfall. The freshwater runoff, laden with detritus from interior forests, forms a dark layer on the surface of the fiords’ waters, resulting in temperate deep water corals and other marine life occurring much nearer the surface than otherwise. In recognition of the special qualities of Fiordland’s landscape, the area received UNESCO World Heritage Site designation in 1990. This …
Post-Tsunami Resettlement And Livelihood Diversification Project In Arugambay Coastal Area, Sri Lanka, James Mize, Cathrine Austin, Chesna Cocker, Paul Thompson, Gayna Vetter
Post-Tsunami Resettlement And Livelihood Diversification Project In Arugambay Coastal Area, Sri Lanka, James Mize, Cathrine Austin, Chesna Cocker, Paul Thompson, Gayna Vetter
James Mize
Development proposal submitted in partial fulfilment of Masters in Development Studies.
Integrating Indigenous Cultural Traditions In The Management Of Protected Marine Resources – The Fiordland Example, James Mize
James Mize
Indigenous communities that rely upon natural resources for their cultural practices and livelihood depend on the health of the ecosystem for traditional practices to continue. Yet government efforts to protect ecosystem integrity by “locking up” resources in spatially-explicit management regimes that prohibit resource use risks the disruption of indigenous cultural traditions compatible with sustainability. This tension can be seen in the Te Wāhipounamu / South West New Zealand (Fiordland) area, a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site, subject to increasing pressure from visitors and other non-traditional use. New Zealand statutes governing the management of adjacent marine resources recognize and incorporate Māori …