Every five years the Government creates an implementation plan which sets out the critical work we will do over the short term to support our achievement of the longer-term objectives and outcomes.
Implementing New Zealand’s biodiversity strategy is a collective effort – it requires all of us to do our bit and work together to tackle the challenges facing New Zealand’s special species and places. Central and local government agencies have a key role to play as they directly fund and carry out biodiversity work, and also support and work with other organisations, groups and individuals.
Action for Nature focuses our collective effort the most critical actions and the continued delivery of longer-term government programmes that will help us make progress towards the objectives of New Zealand’s biodiversity strategy and contribute to global goals and targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
Action for Nature, the second implementation plan (PDF, 4,937K)
Reflecting on the first implementation plan
The first implementation plan was launched in April 2022. It included 204 actions, some planned and some in progress, from central and local government agencies.
In 2026, the Government reported to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) secretariat on its progress to implement New Zealand’s biodiversity strategy.
The seventh national report to the CBD highlighted our efforts to protect native species and ecosystems between 2020 and 2025, such as Jobs for Nature, work to drive international agreements to protect migratory seabirds and Predator Free 2050.
The report also acknowledged the significant contribution made by iwi and hapū, communities, businesses and private landowners to biodiversity protection in New Zealand.
2024 ANZBS Implementation Plan 2022 progress report (PDF, 645K)
2023 ANZBS Implementation Plan 2022 progress report (PDF, 333K)
Next steps
We will track our progress to deliver the critical action and programmes, making sure our efforts are well coordinated and effective.