Establishing watershed management in law: New Zealand's experience

Authors
Pyle, E Ward, RC McBride, G Huser, B
Citation
E. Pyle et al., Establishing watershed management in law: New Zealand's experience, J AM WAT RE, 37(4), 2001, pp. 783-793
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION
ISSN journal
1093474X → ACNP
Volume
37
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
783 - 793
Database
ISI
SICI code
1093-474X(200108)37:4<783:EWMILN>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
New Zealand is one of the first countries in the world to enshrine the conc ept of watershed management in law, through institutional arrangements and the Resource Management Act of 1991 - a law constructed on a watershed mana gement legacy begun in 1941. This paper outlines the development of New Zea land's Resource Management Act (as it applies to water management) and the lessons that have been learned in its implementation.