Clean air is vital for supporting a healthy population and environment. The Waitaha/Canterbury region enjoys good air quality in most places at most times of the year. Clean air and low levels of air...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/plans-strategies-and-bylaws/what-we-know/air...Canterbury Regional Council (Environment Canterbury) has issued formal warnings to three parties following an independent compliance investigation into activities at a South Canterbury farm. Chief...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2024/council-issues-warnings-following-compliance-investigationWe have awarded a further $50,000 to help fund the work of the Hurunui Waiau Braided River Birds Flagship Programme through its Zone Committee Action Fund. Over the last six years, this collaborative...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/hurunui-waiau/rare-braided-river-birds-in-hurunui-protected-for-another-season... for all of Waitaha/Canterbury, and issues affecting water quantity and quality in these inland catchment areas are felt across the plains to the coast. Here are the current issues facing water quantity and water quality in the alpine and hill country of Waitaha. ...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/plans-strategies-and-bylaws/what-we-know/water-story/alpine-and-hill-countryRangiora High School students learn about their local river the Ashley/Rakahuri and how we keep track of its health. Earlier this year, a Rangiora High School geography class asked us if we could help...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2024/a-new-generation-of-scientists-monitor-the-ashley-rakahuri-rivIn March 2024, Otago Regional Council and Canterbury Regional Council (Environment Canterbury) agreed to a request from three rūnaka for support to investigate the idea of managing the Waitaki as a single catchment. ...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/plans-strategies-and-bylaws/waitaki-catchment-plan/waitaki-catchment-integrated-freshwater-managementThe coastal environment in Waitaha/Canterbury is ecologically abundant and diverse, with a broad range of habitats. It includes reef systems, a submarine canyon, muddy and sandy harbours, rocky shore...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/plans-strategies-and-bylaws/what-we-know/biodiversity/marine... Environment Canterbury on track to contributing to the internationally recognised Paris Agreement national target of a 30% reduction by 2030; the removal of 5,755.5 tonnes more greenhouse gases than is emitted...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2019/positive-emissions-report-sets-tone-for-behaviour-change