Lifestyle Properties, Ecosystem Services, and Biodiversity Protection in Peri-Urban Aotearoa–New Zealand: A Case Study from Peri-Urban Palmerston North

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dc.citation.issue12
dc.citation.volume10
dc.contributor.authorPearson D
dc.contributor.editorFürst C
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-17T01:54:09Z
dc.date.available2024-07-17T01:54:09Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-06
dc.description.abstractIntensive agriculture and urbanization are putting pressure on natural capital in Aotearoa–New Zealand (NZ), with native ecosystems and water quality suffering degradation. As the population has increased, so development has pushed into the rural–urban fringe. Over the last 30 years, the number of lifestyle properties in NZ has increased dramatically. Many of these properties have been developed on some of NZ’s most productive soils, meaning a loss of provisioning services from this land. However, given their location, these developments present new opportunities for the enhancement and protection of other ecosystem services. This paper presents the findings of an exploratory study conducted on lifestyle block residents in peri-urban Palmerston North. The results showed that these residents have a good sense of environmental stewardship and a desire to plant native species, improve connectivity, and protect their land from the invasion of pests and weeds. These residents are also quite community-focused and protective of their special place. This creates an excellent basis from which to encourage greater collaborative action towards protecting and enhancing biodiversity and to put in place land management strategies that can enhance natural capital and assist in other ecosystem service protection serving to improve the landscape ecology of peri-urban environments.
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dc.edition.editionDecember 2021
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dc.identifier.citationPearson D. (2021). Lifestyle properties, ecosystem services, and biodiversity protection in peri-urban aotearoa–new zealand: A case study from peri-urban palmerston north. Land. 10. 12.
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/land10121345
dc.identifier.eissn2073-445X
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.numberARTN 1345
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/70209
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherMDPI (Basel, Switzerland)
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/12/1345
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dc.rights(c) 2021 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectlandscape ecology
dc.subjectnatural capital
dc.subjecturbanization
dc.subjectenvironmental stewardship
dc.subjectsustainable landscape management
dc.subjectenvironmental challenges
dc.titleLifestyle Properties, Ecosystem Services, and Biodiversity Protection in Peri-Urban Aotearoa–New Zealand: A Case Study from Peri-Urban Palmerston North
dc.typeJournal article
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