Upper Harbour Local Board
Environment
Local governments play a central role in protecting the environment, reducing waste and safeguarding biodiversity. The worsening state of New Zealand’s lakes and rivers is a major challenge for local councils, which work with regional councils in the management of water resources in their area.
Environment
Local governments play a central role in protecting the environment, reducing waste and safeguarding biodiversity. The worsening state of New Zealand’s lakes and rivers is a major challenge for local councils, which work with regional councils in the management of water resources in their area.
Support evidence-based community projects to protect, restore and enhance ecological systems, biodiversity, water quality and control pests.
Support community-based resource recovery, product stewardship and recycling initiatives to educate people and reduce waste to landfill under the Waste Minimisation and Management Plan.
Prioritise action to protect and restore habitats and ecosystems and ensure clean air and water, healthy land, soils, wetlands and coastal areas.
Continue to support environmental groups to protect biodiversity through native tree planting, pest control and wildlife habitat creation.
Continue to support water quality projects, eg restoring streams, wetlands and coastal areas, and reducing sediment and pollution runoff.
Promote waste minimisation by improving recycling, composting and community education.
Protect water by reducing pollution, restoring ecosystems and ensuring clean access for future generations.
Protect healthy habitats through pest control and biodiversity and protect native species and restore nature's balance.
Cut waste, reuse more and recycle more by turning rubbish into resources and keeping NZ clean and green during Keep NZ Beautiful clean up week.
Continue to support volunteer-led environmental projects across Upper Harbour in Whenuapai, Herald Island, Paremoremo and Hobsonville.
Continue to support volunteer-led pest eradication initiatives and implementation of the Pest Free Strategy for Upper Harbour.
Put systems in place to monitor the health of waterways and fund student education programmes to promote early awareness.
Expand native planting programmes along streets, in reserves and on stream banks to create green channels for birds and insects.
Advocate for registration and microchipping of cats, noting that the Upper Harbour Local Board area is home to more than 15,000 cats.
Advocate for making the North-West Wildlink a council priority again for Upper Harbour as an excellent ecological corridor.
Increase funding for community-led biodiversity and pest control. The local board should provide overall strategy and fund hard projects.
Enhance the North West Wildlink to create safe, pest-free, connected and healthy habitats for native wildlife across Upper Harbour.
Build a community recycling centre as the closest to Upper Harbour are too far away. This will reduce waste to landfill.
Support evidence-based community projects to protect, restore and enhance ecological systems, biodiversity, water quality and control pests.
Support community-based resource recovery, product stewardship and recycling initiatives to educate people and reduce waste to landfill under the Waste Minimisation and Management Plan.
Prioritise action to protect and restore habitats and ecosystems and ensure clean air and water, healthy land, soils, wetlands and coastal areas.
Continue to support environmental groups to protect biodiversity through native tree planting, pest control and wildlife habitat creation.
Continue to support water quality projects, eg restoring streams, wetlands and coastal areas, and reducing sediment and pollution runoff.
Promote waste minimisation by improving recycling, composting and community education.
Protect water by reducing pollution, restoring ecosystems and ensuring clean access for future generations.
Protect healthy habitats through pest control and biodiversity and protect native species and restore nature's balance.
Cut waste, reuse more and recycle more by turning rubbish into resources and keeping NZ clean and green during Keep NZ Beautiful clean up week.
Continue to support volunteer-led environmental projects across Upper Harbour in Whenuapai, Herald Island, Paremoremo and Hobsonville.
Continue to support volunteer-led pest eradication initiatives and implementation of the Pest Free Strategy for Upper Harbour.
Put systems in place to monitor the health of waterways and fund student education programmes to promote early awareness.
Expand native planting programmes along streets, in reserves and on stream banks to create green channels for birds and insects.
Advocate for registration and microchipping of cats, noting that the Upper Harbour Local Board area is home to more than 15,000 cats.
Advocate for making the North-West Wildlink a council priority again for Upper Harbour as an excellent ecological corridor.
Increase funding for community-led biodiversity and pest control. The local board should provide overall strategy and fund hard projects.
Enhance the North West Wildlink to create safe, pest-free, connected and healthy habitats for native wildlife across Upper Harbour.
Build a community recycling centre as the closest to Upper Harbour are too far away. This will reduce waste to landfill.
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