april 2017

​In April the BCG continued analysing biodiversity overlap with different sectors, focusing on mining with advice from Straterra and the freshwater environment with advice from freshwater ecologists from Catalyst Group and the Ministry for the Environment.  It also began to take a hard look at overlaps and/or gaps with different national direction, including the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management and the New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement, and discussed the importance of policy coherence.  It received an overview of key changes proposed in the Resource Legislation Amendment Bill.

Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf (credit: Raewyn Peart