The Outlook for New Zealand
Dr Garth Carnaby, President of the Royal Society of New Zealand, was invited to address the Annual Congress of Plant and Food Research on the future of New Zealand.
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The Canterbury Earthquakes: Scientific answers to critical questions
News release from the Office of the Prime Minister’s Science Advisory Committee and the Royal Society of New Zealand
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Land Use Competition
This paper highlights changes in land use and how conflicts over land resources can be addressed.
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Development and Research in New Zealand
Dr Garth Carnaby, President of the Royal Society of New Zealand, addressed the President’s forum on development, research, and the role of the Society.
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Response to the Green Growth Advisory Group discussion paper on “Green Growth – Issues for New Zealand”
In September 2011, the Society responded to the Government’s Green Growth Advisory Group’s questions on eco-innovation.
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Response to “Measuring Up: Environmental Reporting – A Discussion Document” from the Ministry for the Environment
In October 2011, the Royal Society responded to the discussion document on national state of the environment reporting from the Ministry for the Environment.
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The Regulation of Traditional Chinese Medicine
The Society’s comment on the Proposal that Traditional Chinese Medicine Become a Regulated Profession under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003
Emerging Issues – Ecosystem Services
A new Emerging Issues paper describes how ecosystem services benefit human wellbeing and the need to include these in economic decision-making.
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Ecosystem Services in Policy Workshop
Building on the Society’s Ecosystem Services paper, this August workshop will explore how to implement ecosystem services thinking in a policy context.
Information Paper – Earthquake engineering
An information paper from the Royal Society of New Zealand examining building design in the wake of Canterbury earthquakes.
Geo-engineering: An Interactive Workshop
In March 2011, the Royal Society of New Zealand hosted a workshop exploring how geo-engineering proposals could be assessed.
Response to the draft National Policy Statement on Indigenous Biodiversity
The Royal Society of New Zealand contributed to the Ministry for the Environment consultation on the proposed national policy statement on indigenous biodiversity.
Gazetting New Zealand’s 2050 Emissions Target
This paper from the Royal Society of New Zealand’s Climate Expert Panel is a response to the Ministry for the Environment’s position paper on New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions target.
Policy papers span a wide spectrum of requests for information to policies developed by Council. All the resulting papers are intended to both inform policy-makers and be available for public attention
