Environment Canterbury
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.
Actively encourage retirement and native revegetation of marginal farmland and investigate financial incentives where appropriate.
Formalise a carrot and stick policy for environmental breaches, including education and warning for first offences and strict enforcement thereafter.
Provide a platform for community groups to co-ordinate their environmental work, ensuring maximum results from their efforts.
Conduct comprehensive survey of coastal benthic areas to protect marine biodiversity and detailed monitoring of compliance with agrichemical inputs.
Create several large predator-free sanctuaries, one for forest birds and one for a large wetland, and enhance for tourism by 2035.
Track all incident responses and ensure problems are addressed in a timely manner with good communication to all parties involved.
Establish Kowhai Regional Park in Kaikoura, including policy work I started alongside mana whenua with Councillor Tutehounuku Korako.
Increase funding for biodiversity projects and eco sanctuaries.
Support the Avon/Otakaro corridor regeneration and consents.
Actively encourage retirement and native revegetation of marginal farmland and investigate financial incentives where appropriate.
Formalise a carrot and stick policy for environmental breaches, including education and warning for first offences and strict enforcement thereafter.
Provide a platform for community groups to co-ordinate their environmental work, ensuring maximum results from their efforts.
Conduct comprehensive survey of coastal benthic areas to protect marine biodiversity and detailed monitoring of compliance with agrichemical inputs.
Create several large predator-free sanctuaries, one for forest birds and one for a large wetland, and enhance for tourism by 2035.
Track all incident responses and ensure problems are addressed in a timely manner with good communication to all parties involved.
Establish Kowhai Regional Park in Kaikoura, including policy work I started alongside mana whenua with Councillor Tutehounuku Korako.
Increase funding for biodiversity projects and eco sanctuaries.
Support the Avon/Otakaro corridor regeneration and consents.
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