environmental ‘effects’ which are defined as positive or
adverse, temporary or permanent, past, present or future, or cumulative. Effects may
arise in relation to:
(a) the neighbourhood or the wider community around an activity, and may include
cultural and social-economic effects;
(b) physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
(c) ecosystems, including effects on plants, animals, or habitats, whether aquatic or
terrestrial;
(d) natural and physical
the
environment.
Section 4 presents recommendations to be implemented in the 2015-2016 monitoring
year.
A glossary of common abbreviations and scientific terms, and a bibliography, are
presented at the end of the report.
1.1.3 The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring
The RMA primarily addresses environmental ‘effects’ which are defined as positive or
adverse, temporary or permanent, past, present or future, or cumulative. Effects may
arise in relation to:
(a) the
duties required to hear and decide the application to one or more hearing
commissioners who are not members of this Council.
[Please tick if you do wish to make a request otherwise leave blank]
Note: Such a request may be made [in writing] up to 5 working days after close of submissions. If you do make a request under section
100A of the Resource Management Act 1991, you will be liable to meet or contribute to the costs of the hearings commissioner
or commissioners.
early
detection, identification and assessment of
pests and unwanted organisms before they
become established. On a national level, this is
carried out by the Ministry of Primary
Industries, who carry out targeted and
pathway surveillance in known risk areas.
On a regional level, the Council oversees
surveillance for unwanted pests and
organisms through a range of avenues. This
includes responding to public reportings of
new organisms or organisms not established
in the region, e.g.
to dry conditions for
agriculture and hence less demand for the Company’s products.
The monitoring showed that the Company has had no significant impact on air quality in the
vicinity of the plant or on water quality in the Herekawe Stream. No complaint in relation to
the Company’s activities was registered by the Council.
During the year, the Company demonstrated a high level of environmental and
administrative performance.
For reference, in the 2013-2014 year, 60% of consent
simple and convenient form
for general public information and education
purposes. The information contained in this Appendix
also provides general guidance on the best practicable
option for preventing or minimising adverse effects on
the environment of agrichemical spraying. It also
provides a general indication of the nature of the
conditions that might be attached to a resource
consent for the spraying of agrichemicals.
Nothing in this Appendix shall amend
Oil Spill
Beach clean-up
Seashore study
Classifying
Adaptations
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Curriculum Links
Links with New Zealand curriculum statements
Science Making Sense of the Living World
Achievement objectives and possible learning experiences
Level 1
• observing small plants or animals and reading books about their main functions
• exploring a beach and observing the different plants and animals that live there
Level 2
• establishing some of the
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Photo 5 Contrasting habitat between the exposed Waihi site (left) and stable Manihi site (right) 30
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1 Introduction
State of the environment monitoring
The Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) established new requirements for local authorities to undertake
environmental monitoring. Section 35 of the RMA requires local authorities to monitor, among other things,
the state of the environment of their region or district, to the extent that is
water and to a lesser extent
through feed and contaminated dust. Sheep eat an estimated
125 g of soil per day and cows about 1kg. Wet muddy conditions,
short pasture, feeding out of hay and silage, and consumption
of fodder crops such as turnips and chowmollier can increase
the amount of soil eaten by stock. Where residues are present,
animals that dig or disturb the soil, including pigs, chickens and
bulls, will have increased exposure to organochlorine pesticides.
There are regulatory
report.
1.1.3 The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring
The RMA primarily addresses environmental ‘effects’ which are defined as positive or
adverse, temporary or permanent, past, present or future, or cumulative. Effects may
arise in relation to:
(a) the neighbourhood or the wider community around an activity, and may include
cultural and social-economic effects;
(b) physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
(c) ecosystems,