Coastal margin, land and marine - Canterbury CMS draft place
Walkers on the Little River Rail Trail beside Te Waihora
The coastal margin of Canterbury includes a number of key sites for conservation under a wide variety of land ownership, highly valued by locals for their biodiversity, recreation and cultural values.
Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere and Kaitorete Spit is a high priority site, with a formalised partnership agreement with Ngāi Tahu under the Te Waihora Joint Management Plan (2005).
This draft place may also include inshore marine and Hector's dolphin environments, and near-shore islands off Banks Peninsula and North Canterbury such as Motunau Island Nature Reserve.
We want to hear from you
- What do you see as DOC's role in the management of coastal margins given there is multiple ownership of coastal lands?
- What do you see are our obligations towards migratory species, such as godwit/kuaka, when they are visiting our coastal margins?
- Do you have any suggestions on how to strengthen whole-community approaches to protecting our coastal margins?
- How do we balance providing access for recreational activities while protecting the habitat for birds and inanga/whitebait?
For more information
Email canterbury.cms@doc.govt.nz
Call a member of the Canterbury Aoraki Conservation Board - contact Canterbury Conservancy office to be put in touch with board members.