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Mining in the Conservation Estate: Lasting Lessons from the Schedule 4 Debate
23 August 2010
Lecture Theatre 1, Government Buildings, Pipitea Campus

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Submissions closed late in May on the government's proposal to remove more than 7,000 hectares listed in Schedule Four of the Crown Minerals Act 1991.  Schedule 4 restricts mineral-related activity in specified public conservation areas.

The reopening of political debate on commercial development of conservation lands raises wider issues about the balance of development and conservation values.  This one-day symposium will explore these issues.

Programme

8.30 am   Coffee

8.45 am           Welcome and introduction, Professor Jonathan Boston, Institute of Policy Studies

Session 1: Policy, Legislation and Procedures

9.00 am           Philip Woollaston, Minister of Conservation 1989-90, “Origins of the legislation and policy relating to minerals in conservation areas”

9.45 am           Tom Bennion, Wellington barrister and Victoria University lecturer in Environmental Studies, “Comparing access provisions for mining and other activities"

10.30 am Morning Tea

Session 2:  Economic analyses

10.45 am         Carolyn Van Leuven, Ministry of Economic Development, “The analysis behind Government policy”

11.30 am               Geoff Bertram, Institute of Policy Studies, “Mining in the New Zealand Economy”

12 noon Lunch break

Session 3:  International perspectives: Balancing Environmental Values and ‘Development’

1.00 pm                 Gundars Rudzitis, University of Idaho, "Mining and development, theory and praxis: The United States experience and beyond."

1.45 pm                 Viktoria Kahui, University of Otago, “Oil in Norway, Mining in New Zealand: Valuing Nature”
 
2.30 pm                 Afternoon tea

Session 4:  Lessons from the Schedule 4 Debate:  Where Next?

2.45 pm                 Chris Baker, Straterra, “Don’t let a few facts get in the way of a good protest”

3.30 pm                 Kevin Hackwell, Forest and Bird New Zealand, “Where does the Schedule 4 decision leave us?”

4.15 pm                 Ken Piddington, Institute of Policy Studies, former Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, “Minerals: Assaying the Minefield”

4.45 pm                General discussion

5.00 pm                 Close

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2010 Friday Seminars
A series of seminars presented by the School of Government and the Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, every Friday from 12.30-1.30pm, in Railway West Wing Room 501, Railway Station Building, unless indicated otherwise. All most welcome.