general exclusion of terrestrial native biodiversity (i.e. crops, roads, etc.) Habitat and Based on changes in Environmental Impact Data: LCDB and vegetation area of land cover representation reruns, loss classes and naturally augmented by rare ecosystems Area regional aerial of indigenous cover mapping for destroyed by habitat loss. fire/aerial spraying Standardised data over defined period from National Rural Fire Authority, DOC and regional councils 5. Climate Change in Based on analysis of Environmental Driving Data: Available change temperature mean and extreme (i) representation forces from NIWA, and annual temperature, augmented by precipitation (ii) seasonal regional council (ppt.) temperature, (iii) sites frost frequency, (iv) annual ppt. and (v) seasonal ppt. Effectiveness of Policy and Management 6. Change in Based on LCDB Environmental Data: LCDB and Biodiversity extent and repeats and DOC and representation reruns, DOC rare protection protection of regional council ecosystem maps, indigenous records and and LENZ cover or protection layers. habitats or Change measured for naturally each cover uncommon class/habitat as % ecosystems remaining/protected and hectares lost/gained Vegetation Permit compliance Environmental Response Data: Regional consents with vegetation representation council compliance clearance rules, compliance especially on inspection data scheduled sites 7. Pest Indigenous Area and land-cover Indigenous Response Data: Regional management ecosystems class or habitat dominance council, Animal released from where vertebrate Health DOC densities have low data and field ecological impacts measurements at following exclusion selected sites fencing or intensive predator control Change in the Contribution Indigenous State Data: abundance of (richness, basal area, dominance Presence/absence indigenous and density) of and density data
general exclusion of terrestrial native biodiversity (i.e. crops, roads, etc.) Habitat and vegetation loss Based on changes in area of land cover classes and naturally rare ecosystems Area of indigenous cover destroyed by fire/aerial spraying over defined period Environmental representation Impact Data: LCDB and reruns, augmented by regional aerial mapping for habitat loss. Standardised data from National Rural Fire Authority, DOC and regional councils 5. Climate change Change in temperature and precipitation (ppt.) Based on analysis of mean and extreme (i) annual temperature, (ii) seasonal temperature, (iii) frost frequency, (iv) annual ppt. and (v) seasonal ppt. Environmental representation Driving forces Data: Available from NIWA, augmented by regional council sites Effectiveness of Policy and Management 6. Biodiversity protection Change in extent and protection of indigenous cover or habitats or naturally uncommon ecosystems Based on LCDB repeats and DOC and regional council records and protection layers. Change measured for each cover class/habitat as % remaining/protected and hectares lost/gained Environmental representation Data: LCDB and reruns, DOC rare ecosystem maps, and LENZ Vegetation consents compliance Permit compliance with vegetation clearance rules, especially on scheduled sites Environmental representation Response Data: Regional council compliance inspection data 7. Pest management Indigenous ecosystems released from Area and land-cover class or habitat where vertebrate densities have low ecological impacts following exclusion fencing or intensive predator control Indigenous dominance Response Data: Regional council, Animal Health DOC data and field measurements at selected sites Change in the abundance of indigenous Contribution (richness, basal area, and density) of Indigenous dominance State Data: Presence/absence and density data
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