The new biological economy : how New Zealanders are creating value from the land / Eric Pawson and the Biological Economies team.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pawson, Eric, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental economics--New Zealand.

Environmental economics.

Land use--Economic aspects--New Zealand.

Land use.

Land use--Economic aspects.

New Zealand--Economic policy.

New Zealand.

Economic policy.

New Zealand--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

New Zealand--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Economic history.

Local Subjects:

New Zealand--Economic conditions.

New Zealand--Economic policy.

New Zealand--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xiii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press, 2018.

Summary:

"For over a century, New Zealand has built its economy through a series of commodity-based booms - from wood and wool to beef and butter. Now the country faces new challenges. By doubling down on dairy farms, aren't New Zealanders destroying the clean rivers and natural reputation upon which the country's primary exports (and tourism) are based? And in a world where value is increasingly rooted in capital- and technology-intensive industries, can New Zealand really sustain its high living standards by growing grass? This book takes readers out on to farms, orchards and vineyards, and inside the offices and factories of processors and exporters, to show how New Zealanders are answering these challenges by building The New Biological Economy. From Icebreaker to Mr Apple, from milk and merino to wine and tourism, from high-end Berlin restaurants to the shelves of Sainsbury's, innovative companies are creating high-value, unique products, rooted in particular places, and making pathways to the niche markets where they can realise that value.The New Biological Economy poses key questions. Do dairy and tourism have a sustainable future? Can the primary industries keep growing without destroying the natural world? Does the future of New Zealand lie in high tech or in the innovations of a land-based economy?"--Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction

Dairying in question

Making lamb futures

The merino story

The two lives of the kiwifruit industry

Securing the future of apple production

New Zealand wine: seeking excess beyond growth

Tourism, landscapes and biological resources

The taniwha economy

The Banks Peninsula promise

Central Otago transformed

Reimagining Hawke's Bay

Te Ipu Kai and the food innovation network.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: New biological economy

ISBN:

9781869408886

1869408888

OCLC:

1048314429