NATURAL RESOURCES
Designing systems for resource and ecosystem management
We help clients with…
Designing systems for resource and ecosystems management, building on our long-standing expertise in systems for optimal allocation of natural resources such as water, land, fisheries, and minerals. We are now working on optimal mechanisms to protect ecosystems, for example by influencing the resource balance in waterways, or promoting biodiversity.
Water Resource Plan, Qatar
Castalia developed a strategy for optimal management of water resources as part of Qatar's National Development Strategy 2018-2022. Qatar’s over-abstraction of groundwater and high rates of desalinated water use were not environmentally or fiscally optimal. Read more
Expert Evidence on Nitrate Emissions Trading System to Protect Lake Taupo, New Zealand
Castalia compared effects of a regulatory regime and a cap-and-trade scheme to reduce non-point nitrate emissions into New Zealand’s Lake Taupo. Increased nitrate run-off from dairy farming was threatening the quality of water in Lake Taupo. Environment Waikato proposed what it called an ‘emissions-trading scheme’ which had the effect of stopping land from being converted to dairy-farming while doing little to improve the farming practices of existing dairy-farmers. Read more
Lake Hayes Remediation Assessment, New Zealand
Castalia showed it was economically justified to invest in cleaning Lake Hayes, and that the economic benefits exceeded the costs of the cleaning options. The local community was increasingly unhappy about the water quality of popular amenity Lake Hayes. Environmental engineers gave the Otago Regional Council three clean-up options, but the Council wanted to know if the money was worth spending. Read more
Services
We help clients with transforming sector structures and policies to improve sustainability and performance of fisheries, agribusiness, and forestry, and ... Read more
We help clients with improving performance of producer cooperatives and other natural resource enterprises ... Read more
We help clients with economic analysis of competition in natural resource markets, including submissions and evidence to support engagement with ... Read more
We help clients with creating market mechanisms to manage natural resources efficiently ... Read more
We help clients with creating regulatory systems, so that natural resources are developed in an effective, sustainable manner. ... Read more
We help clients with assessing investment opportunities for developing natural resources ... Read more
We help clients with managing stakeholders and building consensus, so that government, business, and community stakeholders take ownership of natural ... Read more
We help clients by providing expert evidence, providing independent economic evidence to support planning applications and engagement in regulatory processes. ... Read more
