Lakes across the globe require help. The Lake Restoration Handbook: A New Zealand Perspective
addresses this need through a series of chapters that draw on recent advances in modelling and
monitoring tools citizen science and First Peoples¿ roles catchment and lake-focused
restoration techniques and policy implementation. New Zealand lakes like lakes across the
globe are subject to multiple pressures that have increased in severity and scale as land use
has intensified invasive species have spread and global climate change becomes manifest. This
books builds on the popular Lake Managers Handbook (1987) which provided guidance on
undertaking investigations into and understanding lake ecosystems in New Zealand. The Lake
Restoration Handbook: A New Zealand Perspective synthesises contemporary issues related to lake
restoration and rehabilitation integrated with social science and cultural viewpoints and
complemented by authoritative topic-area summaries by renowned scientists and practitioners
from across the globe. The book examines the progress of lake restoration and the new and
emerging tools available to managers for predicting and effecting change. The book will be a
valuable resource for natural and social scientists policy writers lake managers and anyone
interested in the health of lake ecosystems.
