| Project/Area Number |
09041049
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | Field Research |
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| Research Field |
広領域
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| Research Institution | Iwata University |
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Principal Investigator |
TSUCHIYA Toshiyuki Iwata University, Faculty of Agriculture, Associate Professor, 農学部, 助教授 (50271846)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KONOHIRA Yukichi Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Professor, 農学部, 教授 (30021083)
HIROTA Jun-ichi Iwata University, Faculty of Agriculture, Professor, 農学部, 教授 (00173287)
ISOZAKI Hiroji Iwata University, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Associate Professor, 人文社会科学部, 助教授 (40106597)
TAKANA Nobuhiko Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Division of Forest Management, Researcher, 森林総合研究所・林業経営部, 研究員
KAKIZAWA Hiroaki Hokkaido University, Faculty of Agriculture, Associate Professor, 農学部, 助教授 (90169384)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1997 – 1998
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1998)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥9,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,300,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥4,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,300,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥5,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,000,000)
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| Keywords | Resource Management Act / New Zealand / Public Participation / Environmental Conservation / Sustainable Management |
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| Research Abstract |
This research project was focused on the natural resource management policy based on the Resource Management Act of 1991 (RMA) in New Zealand. The RMA is very unique experiment in the world because its aim is to realize sustainable management in regional level through integration of natural resource management and complete public participation. We tried to grasp a present state of implementation of the RMA by direct interviews with practitioners, stakeholders and local residents. Goals of the research project were : 1) to evaluate the RMA as a sustainable natural resource management policy ; 2) to evaluate planning process in the RMA to verify effectiveness of public participation. Case studies were mainly held in Taranaki Region in North Island and Waimakariri District in South Island. Both cases are well-known as successful public participation.
As results, we could point out following problems in implementation of the RMA : incompatibility between Neo-Liberalism and Environmentalism in one government policy; impracticability of sustainable management under status-quo basis ; some serious conflicts between regional councils and territorial authorities in terms of integrated resource management ; incompatibility between unregulatory method and public participation ; ineffectiveness of unregulatory method in urban areas.
However, as the RMA needs very many times to establish plans, quite a number of the RMA plans in regions and districts are now under planning. Also resource consents for development are implemented temporarily. Several years seem to be needed to complete planning stage all over the country. Therefore, reinvestigation in future is also needed to complete the study.
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