Horizons Regional Council
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.
Expand our priority habitats programme for protecting and enhancing bush and wetland habitats.
Increase resourcing of compliance and enforcement to enable adequate consent monitoring and to address pollution events.
Work with local councils to implement backyard trapping programmes to enhance neighbourhood biodiversity.
Establish reforming agricultural subsidies.
Establish marine protected areas.
Establish biodiversity offsets.
Maintain and enhance native biodiversity, including through pest management, collaboration, community funding and environmental education.
Protect and enhance our most threatened and at-risk terrestrial ecosystems, from inappropriate use and development.
Empower our communities by providing a biodiversity fund for community-led projects that improve biodiversity, including on private land.
Improve on and add to our pest eradication programme that enhance our natural reserves.
Establish programs and educate community on waste management and minimisation.
Commit to environmental monitoring that will give us data we need to improve our systems.
Continue with our pest eradication programmes.
Ensure appropriate consenting and compliance programmes are in place.
Expand our priority habitats programme for protecting and enhancing bush and wetland habitats.
Increase resourcing of compliance and enforcement to enable adequate consent monitoring and to address pollution events.
Work with local councils to implement backyard trapping programmes to enhance neighbourhood biodiversity.
Establish reforming agricultural subsidies.
Establish marine protected areas.
Establish biodiversity offsets.
Maintain and enhance native biodiversity, including through pest management, collaboration, community funding and environmental education.
Protect and enhance our most threatened and at-risk terrestrial ecosystems, from inappropriate use and development.
Empower our communities by providing a biodiversity fund for community-led projects that improve biodiversity, including on private land.
Improve on and add to our pest eradication programme that enhance our natural reserves.
Establish programs and educate community on waste management and minimisation.
Commit to environmental monitoring that will give us data we need to improve our systems.
Continue with our pest eradication programmes.
Ensure appropriate consenting and compliance programmes are in place.
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