While this is a council-led strategy, it seeks to integrate with other agencies, conservation groups, the wider community and the conservation volunteer’s network. This will help ensure that the strategy supports and gives both ecological priorities and community aspirations.
The intention is to provide relevant guidance across a range of activities ranging from statutory plan provisions, through asset management and service delivery to advocacy and advice.
The NZ Biodiversity Strategy will form the basis for the draft Tasman BioStrategy. The Tasman document will be a regional response to the vision and goals set by the NZ Biodiversity Strategy. View the NZ Biodiversity Strategy(external link).
The BioStrategy process will feed into the Tasman Environment Plan and Long Term Plan processes.
Progress update 21 December 2020
The Council has welcomed the support for the proposed Tasman BioStrategy made clear in public submissions. After eight public meetings, stakeholder meetings, and over 70 written submissions there is a good base for the development of a BioStrategy for Tasman.
A “living document” approach will be used for the development of the BioStrategy. The Biostrategy Working Group will take this, assemble the available science, and draft a BioStrategy to provide a strong regional response to Te Mana o te Taiao, the Aotearoa New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy 2020.
A clear need for further consultation was identified. As a result, the completion date for this work has been set back from the end of June to the end of August 2021. A draft BioStrategy will be made available for public comment by the middle of the year.
View the submissions analysis in full. [PDF, 1.2 MB]
View the submissions analysis short. [PDF, 298 KB]
For more information, please email the BioStrategy Working Group: tasman.biostrategy@tasman.govt.nz attention Peter Lawless.
The Tasman District Council has decided to complete a Bio-Strategym and has established a Governance Group to direct this.
The Governance Group has appointed a Working Group and a Terms of Reference have been drafted for that Group for their consideration.
The Governance Group decides on the process by which the Strategy is formed and the role of the Working Group and other entities in that process.
Tasman Bio-Strategy governance group terms of reference (pdf, 532 KB)
This is a very broad process that will require coordination within Tasman District Council and with key partners such as Tasman Environmental Trust and Department of Conservation.
To enable this, the project team will have liaison meetings a week before each Governance Group meeting plus at other times when these are required to ensure continuity.
Note that there are parallel processes being developed by the Department of Conservation and the Tasman Environmental Trust for particular areas. Some interweaving of these processes will be desirable.
Note: direction is required from the Governance Group on processes for iwi engagement. That is, will there be any parallel processes and if so, how should these integrate with the Working Group process.
| Date | Milestone |
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2018 November |
Launch process at Tasman Biodiversity Forum
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2019 30 April |
First meeting of Governance Group – understanding the task |
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10 May |
Report back to Tasman Biodiversity Forum |
| 21 May | First newsletter and invitation to comment on December process document |
| 24 June | Second meeting of Governance Group – ratify Terms of Reference and process |
| 25 June | Nominations for Working Group invited |
| 23 August | Third meeting of Governance Group - Working Group membership decided |
| 27 August | First Liaison meeting scheduled |
| 9 October | First meeting of Working Group – getting the task clear |
| 6 November | Second meeting of Working Group – understanding the context and identifying the issues |
| 4 December | Third meeting of Working Group – Strategy structure and style and process for populating the Strategy |
2021
The Tasman Bio Strategy is not being developed in isolation. It is being developed within a wider national and interregional context which includes:
A Governance Group has been established to oversee the Bio Strategy process and ensure it is well integrated with Council and iwi. The Governance Group comprises three Tasman District Councillors representing a geographic spread with the District along with three nominated representatives of mana whenua/mana moana iwi appointed by the Iwi Chairs.
As at June 28th 2019 the Governance Group had met twice and resolved to establish a working group to undertake the Strategy preparation process. The Governance Group has prepared a Terms of Reference for the Working Group and is now seeking expressions of interest from those who wish to contribute to this very important project.
For futher information, please contact Paul Sheldon, Tasman District Council
Ph 03 543 8400
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