Your report is a valuable way to help protect Canterbury's biodiversity. This information alerts our team to potential biosecurity threats, enables us to map the distribution of invasive plants...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/biodiversity-and-biosecurity/report-invasive-plant-or-animal-sightingsCanterbury’s braided rivers are vital ecological corridors that connect the mountains to the sea, providing essential habitats for native biodiversity. They have significant cultural importance...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/biodiversity-and-biosecurity/biodiversity/braided-rivers/importance-of-braided-riversRestoring the Avoca Valley catchment from top to bottom has been the vision of the Summit Road Society which embarked on the ambitious multi-year project back in 2021. The Valley, once cloaked
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/christchurch-west-melton/restoration-to-avoca-valley-ecosystemThe Canterbury Regional Council has agreed to its committee structure for the next three years, setting in place the governance oversight and reporting for Environment Canterbury’s work. Chair Peter...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2022/new-committee-structure-to-oversee-regional-council-work... the three-year biodiversity project at its most recent meeting on July 19 in Twizel to protect the braided rivers, wetlands and dryland ecosystems in this unique area. The large-scale project came about...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/upper-waitaki/major-weed-control-project-in-dobson-and-hopkins-valleys-gets-go-ahead... East Coast. Immediate Steps biodiversity funding enhanced wetland work in Kaikōura and helped landowners work towards protecting and enhancing the plant, animal, invertebrate and fish species...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/water/whats-happening-in-my-water-zone/kaikoura-water-zone/local-projects-and-priorities-in-your-zone/wetlands-in-kaikoura...; and impacts on biodiversity including species loss and extinction. “In Canterbury we are already beginning to see some of the impacts of climate change at a local level. This is why we put climate...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2020/climate-emergency-declaration-welcomedEach of Waitaha/Canterbury’s water zone committees has an action plan which outlines how they will work with the community to deliver their aspirations for freshwater as outlined in the Canterbury
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/water/whats-happening-in-my-water-zone/selwyn-waihora-zone/selwyn-waihora-water-zone-committee-action-plan-2021-2024Wetlands once covered large areas of Aotearoa New Zealand. Now they are some of our rarest and most at-risk ecosystems, with approximately 90 percent (by area) lost in the last 150 years due to human
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/biodiversity-and-biosecurity/biodiversity/wetlands