Priority setting for government investment in forestry conservation schemes-an example from New Zealand

Abstract

In New Zealand responsibility for funding flood protection and erosion prevention and control projects rests largely with local regional authorities. However, in 1988 Central Government decided to provide direct funding for a major forestry conservation scheme in the erosion-susceptible East Coast region. Government's investment decision was influenced by a number of factors, the most important being the extent and severity of erosion in the East Coast region and its negative impact on the region's social and economic development.

Parent Publication

• Proceedings of the IUFRO technical session on geomorphic hazards in managed forests: 5-11 August 1990: Montreal, Canada

Citation

O''Loughlin, Colin L. 1991. Priority setting for government investment in forestry conservation schemes-an example from New Zealand. In: Rice, Raymond M., technical coordinator. 1991. Proceedings of the IUFRO technical session on geomorphic hazards in managed forests; 5-11 August 1990; Montreal, Canada. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-130, Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; p. 6-10