Environment Southland
Environment and biodiversity
Protecting the environment and managing natural resources is a key responsibility of regional councils. Regional councils are often also involved in pest control and resource management.
Environment and biodiversity
Protecting the environment and managing natural resources is a key responsibility of regional councils. Regional councils are often also involved in pest control and resource management.
Make active the recommendations of the Regional Forum.
Follow manawhenua lead on wetland restoration.
Support protections for existing areas of native biodiversity.
Give our marine taonga species – dolphins, whales, penguins, seals, seabirds and kaimoana, the care and protection they need to thrive.
Begin integrating the coastal connection with freshwater into the catchment groups.
Do more to prevent sources of plastics and pollutants entering our environment.
Reinforce monitoring and reporting of river quality with regard to city water supply.
Continue to regulate for the integrity of Southland's rivers essential as the source of drinking water and recreational activities.
Monitor and report openly on the state of land discharges into our coastal waters.
Continue the pest management programs that council has initiated.
Ensure that information and data available from environmental monitoring projects is freely available through the website.
Ensure council incident response teams are available and fully equipped to deal with environmental incidents.
Work with communities to enhance biodiversity on private and public land. Continue to assist specific projects where benefits can be proven.
Maintain monitoring programmes to ensure changes to the environment are measured and clearly reported to the community.
Through the Regional Policy Statement, ensure that waste is reduced, and reused or recycled to the greatest extent possible.
Champion further air quality policy development and practical, affordable options for communities to contribute to their own well-being.
Advance urban biodiversity as a necessary contributor to broader ecosystem health.
Seek possibilities for interaction between citizen science and formal scientific monitoring.
Make active the recommendations of the Regional Forum.
Follow manawhenua lead on wetland restoration.
Support protections for existing areas of native biodiversity.
Give our marine taonga species – dolphins, whales, penguins, seals, seabirds and kaimoana, the care and protection they need to thrive.
Begin integrating the coastal connection with freshwater into the catchment groups.
Do more to prevent sources of plastics and pollutants entering our environment.
Reinforce monitoring and reporting of river quality with regard to city water supply.
Continue to regulate for the integrity of Southland's rivers essential as the source of drinking water and recreational activities.
Monitor and report openly on the state of land discharges into our coastal waters.
Continue the pest management programs that council has initiated.
Ensure that information and data available from environmental monitoring projects is freely available through the website.
Ensure council incident response teams are available and fully equipped to deal with environmental incidents.
Work with communities to enhance biodiversity on private and public land. Continue to assist specific projects where benefits can be proven.
Maintain monitoring programmes to ensure changes to the environment are measured and clearly reported to the community.
Through the Regional Policy Statement, ensure that waste is reduced, and reused or recycled to the greatest extent possible.
Champion further air quality policy development and practical, affordable options for communities to contribute to their own well-being.
Advance urban biodiversity as a necessary contributor to broader ecosystem health.
Seek possibilities for interaction between citizen science and formal scientific monitoring.
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