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An agreement to better manage Crown pastoral leases in a Canterbury district in an effort to protect native plants and animals, has been labelled as the first of its kind.
Wednesday, 21 July 2021, 4:43 pm
Joint press release by Land Information New Zealand,
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd
(NIWA) and GNS Science.
Today New Zealand signed
up to a global seabed mapping project, to map the world’s
entire ocean floor by 2030. So far, 20 per cent of the
world’s ocean floor has been mapped to modern
standards.
We are the first country to sign up to the
project.
The Chief Executive of Toitū Te Whenua Land
Information New Zealand, Gaye Searancke, signed the
Memorandum of Agreement with The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO
Seabed 2030 Project.
Jamie McMichael-Phillips, Seabed
2030 Director, linking in by video from the UK, signed the