PLaCE Consultants
Corydon Consultants Ltd has a formal collaborative arrangement with a group of other consultants, known as PLaCE Consultants. PLaCE specialises in integrated resource management. We offer a unique mix of experience and expertise across the natural and social sciences.
We have a wealth of experience in forestry, agriculture, conservation management, pest management, urban and rural planning, community development, and social and environmental impact assessment. We have worked with central and local government, NGOs, community groups and international agencies.
In addition to the services listed under Corydon Consultants Ltd, PLaCE offers:
- environmental strategy and policy development
- amenity and heritage assessment and management
- landscape and natural character evaluation
- development and implementation of public education strategies on environmental issues
- conservation management planning
- biodiversity assessment and strategy development
- biodiversity monitoring and management
- reserve and natural area management planning
Other members of PLaCE Consultants include:
Clive Anstey
Clive is a landscape architect with a background in forestry, landscape and resource planning, and conservation management. He has 25 years experience in monitoring attitudes to the environment and integrating changes into management processes which respond to new needs and expectations.
Contact: c.anstey@paradise.net.nz
Peter Handford
Peter is an ecologist with a background in forestry, ecological monitoring, natural area management and planning, environmental assessment and forest management.
Wren Green, Dr
Wren is an ecologist with a background in ecological research, conservation and environmental management, national and international policy consultancy.
Contact: wrengreen@paradise.net.nz
PLaCE Consultants' Mission
To assist communities to achieve sustainable resource management by respecting and providing for environmental and community needs.
PLaCE Consultants' Rationale
Resource management is largely about managing the tensions between people, communities, and their use of natural and physical resources. Resource managers around the world now recognise the need to manage the environment in an holistic, integrated way. This involves accepting that people are part of, and dependent on the environment, and that the interactions between people and nature need not be destructive, but can in fact be mutually nurturing and sustainable.
Dealing with the concerns of local communities is an essential part of successful resource and conservation management. For resource management decisions to be sustainable, people must be able to satisfy their own needs without compromising nature or the needs of future generations. We can achieve commitment to sound decisions if communities are well informed and effectively involved in the process of resource management. This can reduce the need for regulation.
For further information about PLaCE Consultants, contact Di Buchan: db@corydon.co.nz