2012 Conference, August 31, 2012, Nelson, New Zealand

We designed and implemented participatory computer simulations in three workshops in New Zealand’s Upper Waikato catchment to learn how market-based instruments (MBIs) mi [...]

The intensity of agricultural production affects both nutrient and greenhouse gas emissions. Environmental policy designed to reduce one type of pollution may have comple [...]

In models of choice probability there can be heterogeneity both in individual preferences and in the error in the unobserved portion of utility. The error variance, or it [...]

The average value of a particular class of agricultural exports varies widely across different destinations. In the event of a supply shock, such as the implementation of [...]

Section 32 of the Resource Management Act requires councils to evaluate the alternative options. Pure, fully monetised cost benefit analysis (“CBA”) is in theory the idea [...]

Agriculture is a provider of food and, to a certain extent, public goods such as biodiversity and landscape, but it can also have negative impacts on natural assets such [...]

This paper describes a multi-agent system (MAS) model, Desktop MAS, designed for New Zealand‟s pastoral industries. Desktop MAS models the strategic decisions and behav [...]

The National Policy Statement on Freshwater Management now requires that water quality objectives and limits be set for all water bodies in New Zealand. Where objectives [...]

The paper describes an innovative approach to stakeholder consultation about agricultural land uses and water quality in rural waterways. In mid-2012 the authors prepared [...]