Consultation on the draft Long-Term Plan 2021–31
The Canterbury Regional Council (Environment Canterbury) invites the public to make submissions on its draft Long-Term Plan 2021–31.
The draft Long-Term Plan sets out the activities, priorities and work programmes Environment Canterbury is proposing to deliver over a 10-year period. It also outlines the costs and how they could be funded.
For more information about the options being proposed, review the Consultation Document and draft Long-Term Plan 2021–31 (or supplementary information). You can find out more and download these documents here, view a copy at your local library or call Customer Services on 0800 324 636 to
request a copy.
Making a submission
You may make a submission on the proposed changes:
• Online at haveyoursay.ecan.govt.nz/LTP
• By email to mailroom@ecan.govt.nz using ‘LTP submission’ as your email subject
• By video using the online submission form
• By post to LTP submission, Freepost 1201, PO Box 345, Christchurch 8140.
Submissions close Sunday 11 April.
Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
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