The Whaingaroa Catchment Management Project:

A Multi-stakeholder Approach to Sustainable Catchment Management

Margaret Kilvington

Landcare Research Contract Report: LC9899/021
Prepared for: Environment Waikato, PO Box 4010, Hamilton East, September 1998

The Whaingaroa Catchment Management Project (WCMP) represents the first formal attempt in New Zealand at establishing community-based, integrated environmental management on a catchment scale. The cornerstones of the project are that it is holistic and participatory. These are fundamental principles of integrated environmental management as it has been developed through a series of practical programmes in community-based planning in North America, Australia and Canada. This report documents an evaluation of this programme that was undertaken in July 1998. The evaluation is comprised of two parts: A review of the progress of the community project steering group, established through the Whaingaroa Catchment management project; and an assessment of the trial process (based on the North American Atlantic Coastal Action Programme) used in the Whaingaroa Catchment management project. It is reproduced here to make available the lessons to others who may be involved in other similar participatory catchment management initiatives. The Ministry for the Environment contributed funding for this work through the Sustainable Management Fund Project No. 2073

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CONTENTS

Summary

Introduction

Background

Objectives

Methods

Documenting the approach The Community Project Steering Group

Whaingaroa Catchment Management Project Process Discussion

Conclusions and recommendations

Acknowledgements

References

Appendices


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Research areas

Communication and dialogue Evaluation and reflection Indigenous knowledge and values Knowledge management for integration Social aspects of ecosystem management Supporting collaborative approaches

Programmes & OBIs

Building capacity for sustainable development Integrated Catchment Management Low–impact urban design & development Te Tapoitanga Māori: Growing Regional Māori Tourism

Tools & Services

Collaborating with iwi Stakeholder analysis Team–building evaluation guide

Related areas

Community engagement with low–impact stormwater management Integrated Catchment Management Lifestyles & Consumption Perceptions of urban intensification Restoring wetland ecosystem functioning

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Research builds bridge over troubled water

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Conference: IntSci - Integrated science for sustainability. e-conference Workshop: Sustainability Appraisal Conference: NZ Association of Resource Management conference, and Motueka ICM AGM.