A fishing vessel that sank off the coast of South Otago on Monday was recently at the centre of an Environment Canterbury investigation for dumping fish wa
Source: Environment Canterbury Regional Council
Under the Resource Management Act 1991, the primary responsibility for managing air quality lies with regional councils and unitary authorities.
Environment Canterbury developed the Canterbury Air Regional Plan with the community’s valuable input. The plan sets out how we are going to manage air pollution, including from dust, to help meet national air quality standards.
Dust can be caused by places such as building, demolition and clean-fill sites, subdivisions under development, vehicles driving on unsealed surfaces, land cultivation, ports and quarries.
Measures in the air plan include requiring a dust management plan or consent depending on the scale of dust-generating activity, and continuing to monitor and require operators who discharge dust to implement good dust management practices or gain consent depending on the scale of dust-generating activity.
Source: Environment Canterbury Regional Council
Industry professionals, local organisations, and community members have come together to celebrate the high points of the KaikÅura Plains Recovery Project (KPRP).
Project manager Jodie Hoggard looks back on the 2016 earthquake as quite a shake-up for the local rural community.
âFollowing the earthquakes, KaikÅura farmers found themselves in unfamiliar territory. Weâve achieved a lot the last four years, but Iâm particularly proud of how weâve bought people together to share knowledge and help local solutions to be developed,â she said.
Jodie Hoggard, project manager speaking to those at the event
Date:
08 Mar 2021
Today the Canterbury Regional Council (Environment Canterbury) has released the draft Long-Term Plan 2021-31 for community feedback.
The Council’s draft Long-Term Plan 2021-31 was made public last week as part of the papers for the 25 February Council meeting. It contains two options for consultation, both proposing a notable increase in activity and funding required to deliver it.
Your feedback is important
At the 25 February Council meeting, Chair Jenny Hughey said the proposals to increase activity and accelerate environmental outcomes across the region respond to what the Council is hearing strongly from the community and from central government to address such issues as climate change, natural hazards, water quality and biodiversity.
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