... have faced many challenges over the past century with declining water quality, habitat and biodiversity loss, and climate change. Whakaora Te Waihora is an extensive ecological and cultural restoration...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/a-lot-of-great-mahi-to-restore-te-waihoraFeatured image: A colour banded Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis), the only bird species in the world that has a laterally curved bill (bend sideways to the right), endemic to New Zealand, at Te Waihora...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2023/biodiversity-benefits-from-region-wide-fundingOur approach to biodiversity is to focus on protecting and maintaining what remains, specifically in our vulnerable priority wetland, braided river, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/biodiversity-and-biosecurity/biodiversity/our-biodiversity-work/yearly-summary-of-our-biodiversity-workHapuku Scarp Wetland - one of Canterbury’s best examples of a coastal bush scarp wetland. Most of Canterbury’s natural kūkūwai/wetlands have been lost, with Kaikōura’s kūkūwai areas significantly...
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...Wetlands form a critical connection between our land and water, support an incredible array of plants and animals, and have important benefits such as improving water quality and protecting against...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/biodiversity-and-biosecurity/biodiversity/wetlands/importance-of-wetlandsFunding of $105,000 will support the restoration of South Canterbury's coastal wetlands and habitat protection for the long-tailed bat population during 2020. Eight projects funded by Environment...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/orari-temuka-opihi-pareroa/local-environmental-projects-boosted-with-105000-of-new-funding... — a riparian restoration mission focused on rekindling traditional mahinga kai practices. Delany wetland trial to enhance water quality The Delany Wetland, an Amuri Basin Future Farming project from the Amuri...
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/kaikoura/kaikoura-committee-looks-to-local-leaders-for-inspirationOur wallaby programme leader, Brent Glentworth, recently spotted something much rarer and far more welcome than a wallaby on the loose—a matuku-hūrepo or Australasian Bittern. This native bird
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2025/secretive-bird-a-welcome-sign-in-waitarakao... of Te Waihora and the catchment in terms of the vision for the lake and plans for restoration of its mauri.” This was followed by a stop at Orariki Wetland, a two-year-old created wetland designed...
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