practice cannot be recommended, because the trees
have usually been planted for another purpose - soil
conservation, shelter or timber production. Too severe a
lopping will retard tree growth and misshape their
crowns.
However, annual pruning of poplars and willows is
recommended from the third year of growth onwards.
To avoid infection and disease, the optimum time for
Poplars and willows for fodder
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pruning is February-March. This fortuitously coincides
with the time of
Got a special block of bush or wetland area on your land? It might fall into our Key Native Ecosystem (KNE) programme and qualify for a free Biodiversity Plan. Protecting native habitats relies on effective planning to ensure all aspects of management are considered. For example it's no good killing the predators if meanwhile old man's beard is smothering the canopy. To help owners protect KNEs on their land, the Council prepares free Biodiversity Plans for KNEs that fall either wholly or
Freshwater Plan has already included extensive consultation with stakeholders and the community, with further investigations under way. A proposed new Plan is yet to be finalised and formally notified. Iwi input soughtThe Council will consult iwi authorities over new Government requirements for freshwater monitoring to incorporate mātauranga Māori, or traditional Māori knowledge, the Policy and Planning Committee was told. An internal Council report has identified themes and indicators common to both
Here are the details about the seven winners and 14 highly commended awardees in the 2023 Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards. Environmental action in educationCategory sponsor: Contact Matapu Preschool - for empowering tamariki to take action to protect and restore the environment. Tamariki at Matapu Preschool in South Taranaki learn about kaitiakitanga (guardianship) through a ngahere (forest) bush corridor they have created and care for. The ngahere helps them understand
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 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
section 79 of the Act, determines that it does not require
further information, further assessment of options or further analysis of costs
and benefits, or advantages and disadvantages prior to making a decision on
this matter.
Walker/McIntyre
Public Excluded – Executive, Audit & Risk Committee
In accordance with section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987, resolves that the public is excluded from the following part of the
proceedings of the
Meet the 17 winners of the 2020 Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards. Education
Business
Community
Land management
Dairy farming Environmental action in education
Category sponsor: Contact Ōpunake High School and Ōpunake Loop Trail Trust - for incredible effort and enthusiasm for protecting and improving the local environment and inspiring others to take positive action The High School and the Trust are leading players in a massive environmental restoration project encircling Ōpunake
ecological health that we’ve ever seen, but has also reduced E. coli levels. Meanwhile, the dairy-farming community is also investing in improvements to effluent disposal, switching to land-based systems that leave waterways out of the equation. Industry and communities (through district councils) have also made heavy investments and long-term commitments over many decades to eliminate or dramatically reduce the impact of wastewater discharges, and to continually improve their environmental performance.