COMMUNITY-BASED INTEGRATED CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT IN NEW ZEALAND

摘要

The NZ Landcare Trust, with funding from the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment, undertook a two-year national project aimed at sharing community best practice in integrated catchment management (ICM). In recent years, ICM projects have increased in number in New Zealand, and there is a strong component of community involvement in these projects. Many participants within community-based ICM projects feel that they operate independently of other project initiatives across New Zealand. There is a concern that a lack of communication and exchange of information occurs between individual ICM projects. The Ministry for the Environment responded to these concerns by funding a project initiative that would enhance the national co-ordination and sharing of information from community-based projects. This paper focuses on describing the project's objectives and methodology; examining some of the lessons learnt from ICM participants; detailing the communications tools used to enhance national information sharing about ICM; and making recommendations for the national co-ordination of community-based ICM.