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.
Minimise waste by better labelling, a reduce, re-use and recycle culture, and levies on non-recyclable and non-biodegradable products and packaging.
Protect and improve water quality through climate and water-sensitive urban design, sponge cities and diversified, integrative farmed landscapes.
Raise visibility and diversity of indigenous nature through restoration, wider pest control and ecosanctuaries for wildlife and people.
Deploy more advanced monitoring technology to track water quality, air pollution and ecosystem health indicators where currently absent.
Expand wilding pine and wallaby eradication across high country with sustained regional funding and monitoring.
Strengthen environmental compliance through increased unannounced inspections and escalated penalties for repeat offenders.
Acknowledge action to reduce current and historical impact on biodiversity and stream health in planning and consents decisions.
Promote, support, and otherwise do all we can to celebrate voluntary action to actively care for biodiversity.
Provide for multi-property approaches to regulation, for example in regional pest management strategy rules.
Increase terrestrial, aquatic and marine pest control and advocate for jobs for nature.
Support catchment and community groups to regenerate natural habitats to protect land, freshwater and marine biodiversity and local economy.
Support recycling and innovative processes turning waste into products while monitoring and regulating discharges to air, water or land.
Minimise waste by better labelling, a reduce, re-use and recycle culture, and levies on non-recyclable and non-biodegradable products and packaging.
Protect and improve water quality through climate and water-sensitive urban design, sponge cities and diversified, integrative farmed landscapes.
Raise visibility and diversity of indigenous nature through restoration, wider pest control and ecosanctuaries for wildlife and people.
Deploy more advanced monitoring technology to track water quality, air pollution and ecosystem health indicators where currently absent.
Expand wilding pine and wallaby eradication across high country with sustained regional funding and monitoring.
Strengthen environmental compliance through increased unannounced inspections and escalated penalties for repeat offenders.
Acknowledge action to reduce current and historical impact on biodiversity and stream health in planning and consents decisions.
Promote, support, and otherwise do all we can to celebrate voluntary action to actively care for biodiversity.
Provide for multi-property approaches to regulation, for example in regional pest management strategy rules.
Increase terrestrial, aquatic and marine pest control and advocate for jobs for nature.
Support catchment and community groups to regenerate natural habitats to protect land, freshwater and marine biodiversity and local economy.
Support recycling and innovative processes turning waste into products while monitoring and regulating discharges to air, water or land.
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