This draft place is about working with the hearts and minds of people living in, and passing through, Christchurch.
The Foothill forests draft place addresses all the lowland and hill country reserves, conservation areas and forest remnants.
The high country basins place includes Waimakariri Basin, O Tu Wharekai and Mackenzie Basin.
This draft place includes Lake Sumner Forest Park, Lewis Pass Scenic Reserve, Hanmer Forest Park and St James Conservation Area, plus several smaller reserves.
Canterbury has seven conservation parks south of Arthur's Pass National Park, with their own distinctive values, most situated within the high country.
The coastal margin of Canterbury includes a number of key sites for conservation under a wide variety of land ownership.
Banks Peninsula is nationally recognised for its unique biodiversity and landscape values; a network of pocket-sized remnant reserves provide habitat for birdlife and inspiration for restoration.
Braided rivers - with their wide gravel beds, numerous channels and highly variable flows - are a defining feature of Canterbury.
Canterbury has two national parks: Aoraki/Mt Cook and Arthur's Pass.
Public notification of the draft Canterbury Conservation Management Strategy (CMS) is anticipated for June 2012, which begins the statutory phase of the review.
In consultation with Canterbury Aoraki Conservation Board and some of our key stakeholders, we have identified some key issues for Canterbury. Now we want to hear from you.
In consultation with the Canterbury Aoraki Conservation Board, we have come up with nine places for our draft CMS. Now we want to hear from you.
Find out how you can share your viewis and have an input into the Canterbury Conservation Management Strategy (CMS).
Follow the progress of the Canterbury Conservation Management Strategy (CMS) consultation through updates, reports and summaries of feedback.
Follow the progress of the Canterbury Conservation Management Strategy review.
Find out how you can get involved in the development of the Canterbury CMS.
DOC's Canterbury Conservancy has restarted the review of the Conservation Management Strategy (CMS). We welcome your contributions.
Canterbury Conservancy's draft guidelines for aircraft access is a proposal to zone public conservation land for different levels of aircraft access. Your comments are sought on this concept.