Coordinate collaboration on biodiversity programmes and initiatives within the region.

Deliver biodiversity management.

Lead biosecurity management in the region.

Promote and enable good land management and environmental initiatives to protect and enhance Otago’s biodiversity and ecosystems.

Monitor and investigate the health of Otago’s ecosystems.

Provide best available information on Otago’s ecosystems.

Engage with communities and iwi partners to increase collective understanding of ecosystems.

Sustainable and quality urban development

Set directions on managing urban development in the region for environmentally sustainable growth.

Promote and enable initiatives that support environmentally sustainable communities.

Collaborate to integrate urban planning, infrastructure planning and environmental management.

 

Healthy water, soil and coast

Promote and enable:

• Best practice land management, for soil conservation, water quality and using water efficiently
• Initiatives for the enhancement of Otago’s waterbodies and coast

Engage with communities and iwi partners to increase collective understanding of Otago’s catchments.

Protect our land, water and coast from inappropriate activities.

Maintain river channels, waterways and coastal mouths.

Monitor and investigate the health of Otago’s fresh and coastal water, and soil resources.

Provide the best available information on Otago’s water, land and coastal resources.

Lead a regional approach to climate change to:

• Enable climate change mitigation and meeting New Zealand’s emission targets
• Support Otago communities adapting to climate change effects

Engage communities to increase understanding about climate change and its impacts.

Monitor the region’s carbon-footprint and set an example to manage emissions as an organisation.

Community resilience to natural hazards

Set directions to manage natural hazard risks; and support decision-making to mitigate these.

Engage with people, communities, iwi partners, and other stakeholders to increase understanding of natural hazard risks in the region.

Lead regional emergency management response and planning.

Deliver flood protection and land drainage infrastructure.

Monitor and investigate natural hazard risks in the region Provide flood warning information.

 

Sustainable, safe and inclusive transport

Collaborate with partner agencies to:

• Integrate transport infrastructure and public transport into urban planning
• Promote the transition away from private fossil-fuel passenger transport together with partner agencies
• Promote safe land-based and maritime transport

Regional leadership

Engage with our communities, and collect relevant information about wellbeing.

Take appropriate actions to address the region’s identified significant wellbeing issues.