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.
Bring a sense of urgency to pest management with eradication the goal rather than containment through ten year plans.
Improve the council's environmental incident response.
Stop politicising enforcement and compliance as the rules are, not should be, the rules.
Anchor policy to reflect the biophysical means of the region.
Conserve productive land from urban expansion.
Install air quality monitoring in Selwyn.
Continue to work with communities to reduce nutrient and soil loss especially to water.
Recognise and reward through the regulatory regime those investing and working to improve environmental outcomes.
Simplify the regulatory and rules regime. Canterbury has approximately 27,000 consents. A responsible regime should require only 2,700.
Bring a sense of urgency to pest management with eradication the goal rather than containment through ten year plans.
Improve the council's environmental incident response.
Stop politicising enforcement and compliance as the rules are, not should be, the rules.
Anchor policy to reflect the biophysical means of the region.
Conserve productive land from urban expansion.
Install air quality monitoring in Selwyn.
Continue to work with communities to reduce nutrient and soil loss especially to water.
Recognise and reward through the regulatory regime those investing and working to improve environmental outcomes.
Simplify the regulatory and rules regime. Canterbury has approximately 27,000 consents. A responsible regime should require only 2,700.
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