Markets and Water Quality Symposium
Motu, along with NIWA and the Land and Water Forum, hosted you to a public symposium on markets and water quality, at Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington.
Motu, together with NIWA and the Land and Water Forum, recently hosted a public symposium on markets and water quality. The symposium, held on Tuesday 3 April 2012, in the Rangimarie Room at Te Papa Tongarewa, featured recent policy-relevant work on water quality management in New Zealand and provided a chance to hear sectoral, NGO, and government perspectives on the issue. There was a particular focus on the potential role for market-based instruments to improve water quality in New Zealand.
The symposium presented a user-friendly synthesis of recent water quality research that was of interest to a wide audience. It is envisaged that the symposium will be of particular relevance to those tackling water quality issues, including central and regional government, environmental NGOs, Crown Research Institutes, the agricultural industry, and researchers.
The symposium was open to all, and it is envisaged that it will be of interest to researchers, water users, central and regional government employees, NGO representatives, and others. 180 people attended the conference, a mix comprised mostly of local government and central government researchers, students, NGOs and farmers.
View and download flyer and agenda; get speaker biographies; view the programme and get copies of the papers; see videos of the symposium presentations.
Programme
Programme
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Introduction | ||||
8:30am | Coffee and tea | |||
8:45am | Opening of proceedings | Howard Fancy (Motu) | ||
8:50am | Formal welcome | Nicky Wagner (MP) | ||
9:00am | Suzi Kerr (Motu) | |||
Lake Rotorua |
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9:25am | Hugh McDonald (Motu) | |||
9:45am | Modelling nutrient flows into Lake Rotorua: what science is required to make these schemes work? | Kit Rutherford (NIWA) | ||
10:05am | How expensive are different water quality policies? Simulating policies using N-Manager | Simon Anastasiadis (Motu) | ||
10:30am | Morning tea |
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Market-based instruments and water quality |
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Legal issues |
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10:45am | Nutrient trading markets and the RMA: how should we deal with compliance? | Vernon Rive (Vernon Rive Environmental Law) | ||
Taupo nutrient trading scheme |
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11:10am | Justine Young and Sandra Barns (Waikato Regional Council), Bruce Thorrold (DairyNZ), Mike Barton (Taupo farmer) | |||
Panel |
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12:00pm | What role should market-based instruments play going forward? | Warwick Murray (BOPRC), Guy Beatson (MfE), Suzi Kerr (Motu), Bruce Thorrold (DairyNZ), Mike Barton (Taupo farmer) | ||
12:30pm | Lunch |
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Wider water quality issues | ||||
Allocation of costs and allowances | ||||
1:10pm | How can land quality be used to guide environmental limits and allocation? | Alex Mackay (AgResearch) | ||
1:20pm | Suzi Kerr (Motu) | |||
Learning and collaborative processes | ||||
1:35pm | Glen Lauder (CommonGround) | |||
| Land and Water Forum | Alastair Patrick (LAWF) | ||
| Nutrient Trading Study Group | Henry Weston (NTSG) | ||
2:10pm | Learning about market instruments through participatory simulations | Jim Sinner (Cawthron) | ||
2:25pm | Afternoon tea |
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Broader issues |
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Interactions with climate change policy | ||||
2:35pm | Interactions of water and climate change policy: a catchment level analysis | Adam Daigneault (Landcare Research) | ||
2:50pm | Suzie Greenhalgh (Landcare Research), Paul Stocks (MAF), Neil Deans | |||
| 3:30pm | Symposium ends | |||
Please email Hugh McDonald if you have any queries.