Tasman District 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.
Relax rules on clean air wood-fires and stoves to reduce drain on the grid and fortify homes against cold winters and electricity shortages.
Support pest eradication through trapping and managed hunts. Oppose 1080 drops as these pollute and poison our natural and native environs.
Use pest management as a resource. Possum pelts and wilding pine firewood and probably numerous other things could be turned into income.
Continue to support trapping and pest management.
Introduce soft plastic recycling.
Maintain recycling and refuse facilities at an affordable price for rate payers.
Continue trap subsidies – extend into training for their ongoing maintenance. Ideally involving project Janszoon/Friends of Flora/Cobb.
Increase monitoring and reporting (maybe finally measure nitrates!?!) – you can't improve what you haven't measured.
Soft plastics, batteries, oils!!! Landfill is a copout.
Establish a community grant to resource community-led projects and initiatives that aim to reduce waste.
Champion a 'backyard trapping' programme, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation, Nelson Tasman Climate Forum, Keep Richmond Beautiful, WGCG, and other environmental groups.
Continue to install security cameras in areas of illegal household dumping.
Enhance continued cooperation with Department of Conservation and other agencies or organisations to control and manage pests both fauna and flora.
Incentivise rate payers and businesses by providing cost effective and competitive recycling/waste management services.
Provide reliable and practical public services/transportation to allow for less traffic congestion, minimising pollution from vehicles.
Council works with a number of community groups to reduce pests in our environment.
Continue working with Waimea Estuary Trust to restore the estuary.
Relax rules on clean air wood-fires and stoves to reduce drain on the grid and fortify homes against cold winters and electricity shortages.
Support pest eradication through trapping and managed hunts. Oppose 1080 drops as these pollute and poison our natural and native environs.
Use pest management as a resource. Possum pelts and wilding pine firewood and probably numerous other things could be turned into income.
Continue to support trapping and pest management.
Introduce soft plastic recycling.
Maintain recycling and refuse facilities at an affordable price for rate payers.
Continue trap subsidies – extend into training for their ongoing maintenance. Ideally involving project Janszoon/Friends of Flora/Cobb.
Increase monitoring and reporting (maybe finally measure nitrates!?!) – you can't improve what you haven't measured.
Soft plastics, batteries, oils!!! Landfill is a copout.
Establish a community grant to resource community-led projects and initiatives that aim to reduce waste.
Champion a 'backyard trapping' programme, in conjunction with the Department of Conservation, Nelson Tasman Climate Forum, Keep Richmond Beautiful, WGCG, and other environmental groups.
Continue to install security cameras in areas of illegal household dumping.
Enhance continued cooperation with Department of Conservation and other agencies or organisations to control and manage pests both fauna and flora.
Incentivise rate payers and businesses by providing cost effective and competitive recycling/waste management services.
Provide reliable and practical public services/transportation to allow for less traffic congestion, minimising pollution from vehicles.
Council works with a number of community groups to reduce pests in our environment.
Continue working with Waimea Estuary Trust to restore the estuary.
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