News articles tagged ‘Environment’
How legalization of the rhino horn trade could impact rhino welfare
Legalizing the rhino horn trade could be beneficial for rhino welfare, a study using 1000minds shows. Read more »
Managing our fresh water: what are the options?
For it's 60th anniversary the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) conducted a survey using 1000minds to illustrate the choices New Zealand might have to make on fresh water policy. Read more »
Advancing marine policy towards ecosystem based management by eliciting public preferences
1000minds is used to elicit people’s willingness to make trade-offs among taxes and four socio-ecological attributes related to marine reserves and customary fishing areas. Read more »
Sustainability challenges of residential reinforced-concrete panel buildings
1000minds is used to discover the preferences of Eastern Europeans with respect to desirable characteristics of residential buildings made from large concrete panels. Read more »
Naenae next in line for a cleanup
GWRC uses 1000minds as an initial assessment tool to help assess a range of environmental, community, regulatory and logistical values and attributes to choose Take Charge areas. Read more »
New software could improve democratic input
Air quality is one of the major concerns people have concerning a $300 million cement plant being built at Weston, near Oamaru, according to information being gathered by Ngaio Fletcher. Read more »
Student examining consents process
The resource consents process for a cement plant proposed by Holcim (New Zealand), near Weston, is being researched by University of Otago student Ngaio Fletcher. Read more »
Seeking Otago Minds for 1000minds Project
University of Otago Master’s student Ngaio Fletcher is inviting residents of the Weston and Oamaru area to participate in new research being undertaken on the proposed Holcim cement plant. Read more »