Significant indigenous vegetation and habitats of the Far North district - volume 1
- Author
- Wildland Consultants
- Year
- 2019
- Journal / Source
- Contract Report No. 4899d. Prepared for Far North District Council
- Publisher / Organisation
- Far North District Council
- Month
- December
- Pages
- 83 pp
- Summary
- District Councils are required under Section (6c) of the Resource Management Act 1991 to identify and provide for “the protection of areas of significant indigenous vegetation and significant habitats of indigenous fauna” on land under their administration. The Far North District Council is reviewing its operative District Plan. In undertaking the review, the Far North District Council (FNDC) and other Territorial Authorities in the region (Kaipara District Council (KDC) and Whangarei District Council (WDC)) must give effect to the Northland Regional Policy Statement in their District Plans when identifying issues related to controlling the effects of land use and subdivision. In regards to this project, this relates specifically to the maintenance and protection of significant biodiversity. To achieve this, the councils (FNDC, KDC and WDC) seek to identify and map areas of significant indigenous vegetation and significant habitats of indigenous fauna (Significant Natural Areas - SNAs) within their districts. Due to biodiversity management being a cross boundary issue, the councils have agreed to work collectively to address aspects of the RPS requirements. Once mapped, the councils are required to develop appropriate controls on activities within those areas to ensure their protection. This report provides a review of Significant Natural Areas (SNAs) in the Far North District that have been mapped and described in reports prepared for the Protected Natural Areas Programme (PNAP) from 1990 to 2012. It also draws on natural areas identified and described in additional reports prepared by Wildland Consultants Ltd, including structure plans, forestry certication surveys, and land management for iwi (Te Roroa). The review updates ecological information for these sites, updates mapping of these sites onto 2017 aerial photographs, reporting on any reduction in area of any of these sites, and also includes identification and mapping of any new, or potentially new sites, and provision of site information sheets with summaries of key information for all existing and new sites. The current report is intended to comprise a stand-alone report which will contain all known information on SNAs in the Far North District to negate the need to search previous SNA reviews and information sources.