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long distances downstream, even though the lower
reaches are formally protected.
In broader terms, the approach demonstrated
here could be relatively easily implemented in
other countries, particularly those having at least
some existing spatial data describing environmental
and biological characteristics of their riverine
ecosystems. In particular, all of the routines used
here - for example, to develop a digital description
of New Zealand's river network — are widely
available in well documented software and are
relatively straightforward to implement. However,
significant social and organizational challenges
can be encountered when implementing such
analytically complex approaches in management
organizations (Knight
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