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Coastal, Marine & Blue Economy

The blue economy encompasses aquatic environment activities, from traditional community development initiatives like fishing to emerging industries such as renewable ocean energies and marine biotechnology.

The blue economy reflects a growing recognition of the ocean’s critical role in economic growth, environmental protection, and social progress as well as food security and women and gender issues.

Economic Impact Joint Venture Studies Coastal, Marine & Blue EconomyGovernmentProject & Programme ManagementStrategy, Research & Analysis

Economic Impact Joint Venture Studies

As part of the National Government freshwater reforms, EnviroStrat ran a team of economists, scientists and social scientists with an overall budget of several million dollars developing a series of integrated economic models to assess the implications of different policy scenarios across a range of uses of fresh water. EnviroStrat’s role was highly complex and involved managing >35 contracts in excess of $2.5M. The programme was run in a series of joint ventures between local councils, sector groups and central government agencies (MPI, MFE, DOC), and linking science, policy, and economics with government decision making. The ability to synthesise multiple…
EnviroStrat
February 12, 2020
UN Rio +20 Blue Economy Review Coastal, Marine & Blue EconomyStrategy, Research & Analysis

UN Rio +20 Blue Economy Review

EnviroStrat was appointed by the Intergovernmental Oceanic Commission of UNESCO as lead author of a cross-UN paper Blueprint for Ocean Sustainability – the core UN Oceans policy paper leading to the 2012 Rio+20 Global Environmental Summit. This paper provided the UN Oceans agencies with a succinct summary of the current issues and problems in the world’s oceans and identified ten proposals for future action that were intended to galvanise both UN agencies and member states at the recent Rio+20 Conference.   Photo from the Earth as Art series, thanks to the USGS EROS Center.
EnviroStrat
February 12, 2020
Review of Campbell Island Marine Reserve Coastal, Marine & Blue EconomyGovernmentMonitoring, Evaluation & Independent Review

Review of Campbell Island Marine Reserve

EnviroStrat was appointed by DOC to review the current status of the Campbell Island Marine Reserve under the Sub Antarctic Islands Marine Reserve Act 2014. EnviroStrat provided a recommendation to the Minister of Conservation that it should be extended beyond its current boundaries to incorporate the entire Campbell Island Territorial Sea.
EnviroStrat
February 12, 2020
Hauraki Gulf Forum Review Coastal, Marine & Blue EconomyMonitoring, Evaluation & Independent Review

Hauraki Gulf Forum Review

EnviroStrat was asked by the Hauraki Gulf Forum to review whether the Forum was effectively promoting the objectives of part one of the Hauraki Gulf Marine Act 2000 and identify changes that could be made to help the Forum achieve these objectives. EnviroStrat identified the successes and failures from the Hauraki Gulf Forum and concluded that the Forum was failing to adequately promote the objectives of the Act. EnviroStrat then developed a total of 22 recommendations for the Forum to follow to better achieve the objectives of the Act and ensure the overall health of the Hauraki Gulf is sustained.
EnviroStrat
February 12, 2020
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