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author | rekado <rekado@elephly.net> | 2013-06-20 11:30:01 +0800 |
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committer | rekado <rekado@elephly.net> | 2013-06-20 11:30:01 +0800 |
commit | 71f386ad6c65b8275a6d7a33b97653c2407279ed (patch) | |
tree | de45f512fca08783c1aef0d52b231fb53f1abafa /assignment3 | |
parent | fe1d9c168e1c4e846b6ee46e75b2b671cb6380c6 (diff) |
new section on commoditisation
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diff --git a/assignment3/background.tex b/assignment3/background.tex index 4931b74..a7f7736 100644 --- a/assignment3/background.tex +++ b/assignment3/background.tex @@ -53,28 +53,6 @@ affected people refuse to provide written approval before the assessment of environmental effects has been carried out and submitted. -% TODO: easy to buy off directly affected people -- outcome is not sustainable - -%- side agreements: applicants can buy consent by paying directly -% affected people, incurring poor environmental outcomes for the -% community or future generations. \parencite{PCE1998} -% -% -% \begin{quote} -% The environmental risks associated with side agreements depend on -% the council’s knowledge and treatment of any contractual -% arrangements by consent applicants. Good practice by the consent -% authority can help to minimise these risks. For example, where a -% private agreement does not necessarily result in effects on the -% environment being mitigated, consent authorities should impose -% appropriate conditions to mitigate these effects. -% \end{quote} \parencite[][p 9]{PCE1998} -% -% -%- wider example may be the golden link mine where the applicant -% promised to do unrelated work for the community to secure approval - - \subsection{The importance of reviews} @@ -311,12 +289,7 @@ resource consent for the underground mine was granted by the council. In its decision report the council states that ``the positive effects of the proposal are significant'' while the ``adverse effects of the proposal will be minor'', the ``most significant adverse effect -on amenity [being] vibration'' \parencite{goldenlink}. The evaluation -of the positive effects of the proposal may have been influenced to -some degree by Newmont's previous financial commitment to the -community by funding local primary school and preschool facilities and -providing \$400,000 for Waihi residents to spend on community -amenities \parencite{goldenlink-appeal}. +on amenity [being] vibration'' \parencite{goldenlink}. According to Green MP Catherine Delahunty, the residents did not have the financial means to provide expert evidence at the hearings to @@ -328,6 +301,35 @@ groups have announced they would be appealing to the Environment Court \parencite{goldenlink-appeal}. +\subsection{The commoditisation of resource consents} + +The evaluation of the positive effects of the mining proposal may also +have been influenced to some degree by Newmont's previous financial +commitment to the community by funding local primary school and +preschool facilities and providing \$400,000 for Waihi residents to +spend on community amenities \parencite{goldenlink-appeal}. + +% TODO: easy to buy off directly affected people -- outcome is not sustainable + +%- side agreements: applicants can buy consent by paying directly +% affected people, incurring poor environmental outcomes for the +% community or future generations. \parencite{PCE1998} +% +% \begin{quote} +% The environmental risks associated with side agreements depend on +% the council’s knowledge and treatment of any contractual +% arrangements by consent applicants. Good practice by the consent +% authority can help to minimise these risks. For example, where a +% private agreement does not necessarily result in effects on the +% environment being mitigated, consent authorities should impose +% appropriate conditions to mitigate these effects. +% \end{quote} \parencite[][p 9]{PCE1998} +% +%- wider example may be the golden link mine where the applicant +% promised to do unrelated work for the community to secure approval + + + \subsection{The value of submissions from the public} |