Conservation and Natural Resources Law

In this course you will examine key legislation affecting conservation and natural resource management, including:

• the Conservation Act
• Reserves Act
• National Parks Act
• Crown Minerals Act
• Fisheries Act
• Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act.

You will explore the purpose and operational provisions of the legislation and examine significant resource management issues. You will also consider the effects of international law on New Zealand’s environmental management framework.

This course is designed as a companion course to 72292 Resource Management Act & Local Government Act.

Topics covered include:

• history and development of environmental law in New Zealand
• conservation and historic heritage legislation
• mining
• freshwater management
• coastal and marine legislation
• biodiversity and protected areas
• biosecurity and hazardous substances legislation.

Entry requirements

You need to have successful completed study at Level 5.

Assessment

This course is 100% internally assessed.

Textbooks

No textbooks are needed for this course.

How to enrol

Before enrolling in this course you need to:

• choose the qualification you will study the course under
• check the order that courses in the qualification should be studied in the Qualification Structure table. This is in the Choose courses and apply tab on the qualification page.