Description: Open space covenants help to protect New Zealand's unique natural and cultural heritage.
Much of our flora and fauna is endemic to New Zealand (found nowhere else in the world) having evolved in isolation from other landmasses.
Many places in New Zealand have special meaning and history relating to early settlement. Sometimes there are physical traces, such as pa sites. Sometimes there are spiritual and historic associations to do with former inhabitants and events.
This heritage helps to define our sense of national identity and contributes to our enjoyment and appreciation of New Zealand. Moreover, people from all over the world admire our landscapes and natural environments.
However, the loss of natural habitats and the declining diversity of our indigenous flora and fauna is regarded as one of our biggest environmental problems. A number of indigenous species are already extinct and many others are under threat.
Covenants are vital to protecting our heritage because:
70% of New Zealand is privately owned (approximately 19 million hectares), and
Threatened habitats occur mainly on the lowlands on private land, where even small remnants are important
A National Trust open space covenant is a legally binding protection agreement, which is registered on the title of the land. It is voluntary but once in place binds the current and all subsequent landowners. Each covenant is unique. It can apply to the whole property or just part of the property. There can be different management areas within a covenant with varying applicable conditions. Conditions can be stringent where rare or vulnerable natural features or habitats are being protected.
For further information about National Trust open space covenants please visit https://qeiinationaltrust.org.nz/
Copyright Text: Queen Elizabeth II National Trust https://qeiinationaltrust.org.nz/
Description: A spatial closure for the purposes of helping recognise use and management practices of Mäori in the exercise of non-commercial fishing rights.This layer is only a geographic representation of Mataitai legislation. The full legal description can be found here: http://www.legislation.govt.nz/ For a complete description of the layer please go to: http://www.nabis.govt.nz/LayerDetails.aspx?layer=Mataitai%20Reserve%20Boundaries
Description: A spatial closure for the purposes of helping recognise use and management practices of Mäori in the exercise of non-commercial fishing rights.This layer is only a geographic representation of Mataitai legislation. The full legal description can be found here: http://www.legislation.govt.nz/ For a complete description of the layer please go to: http://www.nabis.govt.nz/LayerDetails.aspx?layer=Mataitai%20Reserve%20Boundaries
Description: A spatial closure to set aside coastal fishing areas which customarily have been of special significance to an iwi or hapu as a source of food (kaimoana) or for spiritual or cultural reasons. This layer is only a geographic representation of Taiapure legislation. The full legal description can be found here: http://www.legislation.govt.nz/ For a fuller description of Taiapure metadata please cllick on this URL: http://www.nabis.govt.nz/LayerDetails.aspx?layer=Taiapure
Description: Location of biodiversity projects that have received funding support from Environment Canterbury since 2010. Projects have been symbolised by their fund type.
Data Owner: Environment Canterbury, Regional Biodiversity Team
Data Source: Biodiversity project database (CRM)
Attributes of the Biodiversity Projects - Fund layer
Application number
Unique ID for each project
Project Name
Name of the biodiversity project
Fund
The fund supporting the biodiversity project. Environment Canterbury has multiple biodiversity funding streams.
IMS - Immediate Steps
CBS - Canterbury Biodiversity Strategy
HTF - Honda Tree Fund
BRI - Biodiversity Regional Initiatives
BRRI - Braided Rivers Regional Initiative
CPS - Community Partnership Support
MfE - Ministry for Environment
KKW - Kaikoura Wetlands
KPRP - Kaikoura Plains Recovery Project
WAF - Wetland Action Fund
ZD - Zone Delivery
Application Date
The date an application for a biodiversity project was received
Ecosystem Type:
The dominant ecosystem type at the project location:
Artificial and modified water bodies
Braided rivers
Banks Peninsula and Kaikoura streams
Coastal environment
Coastal lakes, Hapua, lagoons and estuaries
High country lakes
Intermontane streams
Lowland streams
Dryland ecosystem
Canterbury plains
Hill country catchments
Wetlands
Not Specified
More information on Canterbury's ecosystem types. Last updated - The date the project record in the database was last altered.
Description: Location of biodiversity projects that have received funding support from Environment Canterbury since 2010. Projects have been symbolised by their main ecosystem type.
Data Owner: Environment Canterbury, Regional Biodiversity Team
Data Source: Biodiversity project database
Attributes of the Biodiversity Projects - Ecosystem Type layer:
Application number: Unique ID for each project.
Project Name: Name of the biodiversity project.
Fund: The fund supporting the biodiversity project. Environment Canterbury has multiple biodiversity funding streams:
• BRI - Biodiversity Regional Initiatives
• BRRI - Braided Rivers Regional Initiative
• CBS - Canterbury Biodiversity Strategy
• CPS - Community Partnership Support
• HTF - Honda Tree Fund
• IMS - Immediate Steps
• KKW - Kaikoura Wetlands
• KPRP - Kaikoura Plains Recovery Project
• MfE - Ministry for Environment
• WAF - Wetland Action Fund
• ZD - Zone Delivery
Application Date: The date an application for a biodiversity project was received
Ecosystem Type: The dominant ecosystem type at the project location.
• Artificial and modified water bodies
• Braided rivers
• Banks Peninsula and Kaikoura streams
• Canterbury plains
• Coastal environment
• Coastal lakes, Hapua, lagoons and estuaries
• Dryland ecosystem
• High country lakes
• Hill country catchments
• Intermontane streams
• Lowland streams
• Wetlands
• Not Specified
• More information on Canterbury's ecosystem types. Last updated: The date the project record in the database was last altered.
Copyright Text: Environment Canterbury, Regional Biodiversity Team
Description: GIS layer showng the roosting habitat of long-tailed bat (Chalinolobus tuberculatus) communites in Canterbury. Prepared to acommpany Emvironment Canterbury Unpublished Report U00/38 - Distribution, status and conservation status of long-tailed bat (Chalinolobus tuberculatus) communities in Canterbury, New Zealand (June 2000). Report by Dr Colin F. J. O'Donnell, Science & Research Unit, Department of Conservation.
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QARCODE
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Description: Polygon objects representing ecological districts. This information resource comprises a digital dataset of the boundaries on the 1:500,000 published maps of ecological regions and ecological districts of New Zealand, which are part of McEwen (19Polygon objects representing ecological districts. This information resource comprises a digital dataset of the boundaries on the 1:500,000 published maps of ecological regions and ecological districts of New Zealand, which are part of McEwen (1987) (refer related resources). Ecological regions and districts are subdivisions of New Zealand into contiguous and discrete areas that have relatively homogenous physical (climate, soil, topography, geology) and biological characteristics (including cultural pattern, i.e. land use). Ecological regions are generally an aggregate of adjacent ecological districts with very closely related characteristics. Note that some ecological districts that are very distinct have been given the status of ecological region to emphasis their uniqueness; for example, Tongariro Ecological District is also Tongariro Ecological Region.
https://www.doc.govt.nz/documents/science-and-technical/ecoregions1.pdf 87) (refer related resources). Ecological regions and districts are subdivisions of New Zealand into contiguous and discrete areas that have relatively homogenous physical (climate, soil, topography, geology) and biological characteristics (including cultural pattern, i.e. land use). Ecological regions are generally an aggregate of adjacent ecological districts with very closely related characteristics. Note that some ecological districts that are very distinct have been given the status of ecological region to emphasis their uniqueness; for example, Tongariro Ecological District is also Tongariro Ecological Region.
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, ...4 more...
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