Conference 2003
Greening the City:
Bringing Biodiversity Back
into the Urban Environment
Abstract:
Environmental
Compensation as a Planning Tool for Protecting Urban Biodiversity
within the Framework of the RMA 1991
Ali Memon & Nancy Borrie (Environmental Management Group, Lincoln
University)
The technique of environmental
compensation is used in first generation RMA planning instruments
(for example, a number of regional and district plans) to remedy
loss of environmental resources resulting from adverse effects.
However, the practice of environmental compensation in New Zealand
is ad hoc and variable. Compared to New Zealand, some countries
(e.g., USA, Germany, and Holland) have relatively better-developed statutory
regimes for regulating application of environmental compensation
and greater implementation experience.
Our objective in this
poster is to provide a reflective perspective on the practice of
environmental compensation under the RMA. The poster provides an
overview of international experience with environmental compensation
regimes and the lessons they have to offer for improving practice
in New Zealand. On the basis of this, we question the adequacy of
the statutory basis for environmental compensation under the RMA
and how these provisions are currently being implemented.
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