Transcript Irrigation NZ conference 2014

Freshwater reform
What’s new
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what’s next
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Constituency for change
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LAWF provided the platform
Community partnerships are underway
Sectors are increasingly proactive
RCs are starting to use collaboration
Government has now consulted on:
– planning as a community
– a National Objectives Framework (NOF)
– managing within limits
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Facilitating change
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Water reform – where to now?
• Decisions on NPS amendments mid year
• Effective NPS implementation needs:
– up-skilling on collaborative planning
– economic, social and cultural impact analysis
– building the science and monitoring
• Government will help through:
– 2-way engagement, guidance, expertise
• 2016 NPS-FM review
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Future of freshwater management
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Environmental reporting
• ER Bill introduced Feb 2014
• Regular, consistent, accurate, independent
• Reports will also describe:
− pressures driving changes
− impact of changes
• $1 million to improve representative sampling
• Supports objective analysis and understanding
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What can RM learn from water?
• Collaboration is hard upfront, but get it right:
− solutions with wide buy-in and understanding
− durable policy that can adapt without re-litigation
− greater certainty and stability for investors
• Social, economic and cultural analysis
• Sound science and monitoring
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Questions?
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