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Introduction

 

The Resource Management Act (RMA) 1991 requires local authorities to undertake environmental monitoring of the state of the environment, and the suitability and effectiveness of its District Plan. This monitoring enables Council to assess how well it is meeting its statutory obligations under the Resource Management Act 1991 and to assess the effectiveness of resource management policies and environmental goals.

 

Environmental monitoring provides information that enables Council to keep an environmental scorecard against which its objectives can be measured. This information enables Council to report on the state of the environment (SOE) to the public. This report documents Matamata-Piako District Council’s environmental policies and targets, methods for managing the environment, and current environmental state and trends. Monitoring and reporting has also been designed to raise environmental awareness in schools and identified business/community sectors throughout the district.

 

The report includes baseline information, targets and strategies that have been adopted to protect and enhance the environment. Using this information Council can assess whether the state of the environment is improving or getting worse. The report will be updated every five years to provide information about the quality of the environment in the district.

 

This is the first state of environment report produced by Council. It presents information on six of the district’s significant resource management issues. Within the next three years, the other six issues will be presented in a report such as this.

 

 

Purpose of this Report

This report brings together environmental information from many monitoring programmes, the resource consent process and investigations undertaken by the Matamata-Piako District Council. It also includes information from the Department of Conservation (DoC), other resource management agencies, and certain research institutes. The information presented relates to the significant resource management issues identified by the District’s community through the District Plan preparation process.

 

 

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