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News: tagged with "biodiversity"

• Street trees to grow urban canopy in inner east

  Posted: Wednesday, May 24, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: planting, urban, development, biodiversity
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 22nd May 2023 Forty-nine trees will be planted on sections of Hereford, Worcester and Cashel streets as part of a plan to enhance the walkability, shade and amenity of the city’s inner east

• Checkmate for Canterbury's rooks

  Posted: Wednesday, May 24, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: biodiversity, biosecurity
  Environment Canterbury media release: 22nd May 2023 Eradication of a pest animal is a rare achievement. But when the pest is intelligent and moves as fast as the rook in an area as large as Canterbury, the task becomes that much harder

• Pest Free Banks Peninsula breaking new ground on hedgehogs

  Posted: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: biodiversity, restoration
  Environment Canterbury media release: 21st March 2023 Part of the windswept Kaitōrete has been cleared of hedgehogs to protect vulnerable wildlife, in a proof of concept that’s thought to be a national first

• Planting proves challenging on the Waikirikiri Selwyn River

  Posted: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: restoration, environment, waterways, biodiversity
  Environment Canterbury media release: 20th March 2023 The combination of dry conditions, thin, poor-quality soil and a highly modified river is making for an extra challenging native revegetation programme on the central Canterbury/Waitaha river berm

• Rock riffle to help fish movement, diversity, and abundance

  Posted: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: biodiversity, prevention, waterways
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 6th March 2023 A naturalised rock riffle being installed in the Ōtākaro-Avon River near Mona Vale Homestead will help native and sport fish easily move to and from the river’s upper catchment

• Biodiversity projects making good progress

  Posted: Wednesday, December 7, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: Community, development, biodiversity
  Selwyn District Council media release: 5th December 2022 Restoring and planning the creation of new wetlands, and assessing and protecting more significant biodiversity sites were among the Council's work to enhance native flora and fauna this year

• Big plans to improve South Hagley Park’s Addington Brook

  Posted: Thursday, November 24, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waterways, biodiversity, planting
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 18th November 2022 Christchurch City Council is looking at how it can improve the safety and biodiversity of the Addington Brook waterway that runs through South Hagley Park

• Ambitious project transforming drains to streams

  Posted: Wednesday, November 2, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, biodiversity, intervention, environmental health
  Selwyn District Council media release: 1st November 2022 An ambitious project to transform drains across the district into thriving streams is making an impact in Selwyn

• Rolleston tamariki get involved in planting project

  Posted: Tuesday, September 13, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, restoration, biodiversity, community engagement, children
  Environment Canterbury media release: 12th September 2022 Students from Waitaha and Te Rōhutu Whio schools in Rolleston have had some hands-on planting experience during Kids Discovery Plant-out days with Te Taumutu Rūnanga in Te Waihora catchment

• Traditional fishing technique used to monitor kōura

  Posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: volunteers, community event, environment, restoration, biodiversity
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 8th June 2022 A stream restoration project in Christchurch is putting a traditional tangata whenua way of harvesting wai kōura (freshwater crayfish) to good use

• New collaboration seeding love for our waterways

  Posted: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: collaboration, biodiversity
  Two inspiring Christchurch Women are coming together for a new and special collaboration, bringing together the heart of River of Flowers Earthquake Commemoration and Giving Seeds of Love project

• Show wildlife you care by using a lead

  Posted: Thursday, November 4, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: recreation, pets, environment, biodiversity
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 3rd November 2021 The scenic walkways and beaches of the Avon-Heathcote Ihutai Estuary are popular with Christchurch dog-walkers, as are the wetlands which dot the city

• Join the Waimakariri Biodiversity Trust

  Posted: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 in: Vacancies With tags: biodiversity, community engagement, vacancies, Community Groups
  The Waimakariri Water Zone Committee Biodiversity Working Group is looking for trustees for an independent community-based biodiversity trust that will work together to improve the local environment