Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: Overview of a Prototype System

Kelly Lock and Suzi Kerr

No 292663, Motu Working Papers from Motu Economic and Public Policy Research

Abstract: Water quality in Lake Rotorua has been declining for at least the last 30 years as increased levels of nutrients have entered the lake. Despite significant effort and expenditure, the level of nutrients entering the lake still exceeds sustainable levels. A nutrient trading system would help the catchment achieve this goal at least cost. Nutrient sources would bear the cost of their impact on water quality and hence take these costs into account in their decision-making. This paper presents a prototype nutrient trading system for achieving cost effective nutrient loss reductions for the Lake Rotorua catchment.

Keywords: Environmental; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22
Date: 2008-05
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.292663

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