Environmental management

This section highlights air quality issues in the Tasman District and covers hot topics and information relating to air quality management.

• Why is air quality important?
• Air quality management
• Outdoor burning
• Air quality legislation
• Richmond airshed map
• Motueka, Riwaka and Brooklyn air quality study
• Monitoring air quality in our smaller towns

Tasman has a wide range of habitats, and as a result is rich in plant and animal life, including many species found nowhere else in New Zealand.

• Tasman Biodiversity Strategy
• Land Biodiversity
• Native plant restoration lists
• Coastal / marine biodiversity
• Department of Conservation Community Fund

Biosecurity is about keeping our environment safe from pests and diseases and managing or eradicating those that are already here. This page has information about some of the challenges we face.

Find out about Council management of Tasman's coastal and marine areas, Golden Bay, Tasman Bay and the West Coast.

Tasman is home to some amazing estuaries. Find out more about them.

Learn more about aspects of looking after our land.

• Soil and land management
• Tasman HAIL Sites
• Wetlands
• Plantation forestry activity

Tasman District is vulnerable to natural hazards. More information on the different types of natural hazards can be found below.

• What are our natural hazards
• Natural hazards map viewer
• Geological hazards
• Coastal hazards
• Flooding
• Wildfire
• Severe weather
• Adaptation

This page contains information about many plant and animal pests that threaten our land and marine environments.

• Pests - seek and destroy
• Wilding Conifer Rules

Find out how the water resource is managed and about rules and restrictions for getting access to water.

• Healthy water, healthy communities - Te Mana o te Wai
• Our waters in common
• Rivers
• Waimea catchments overview
• Swimming water quality in Tasman
• Water management
• Waterway crossings and fish passage

Find out more about Urban Design in Tasman.