This chapter summarises the main wetland issues in Canterbury, the constraints on managing those issues and the directions suggested by those constraints. It also introduces a range of voluntary measures backed up by more focused regulation of wetland hydrology than s14 of the Resource Management Act (RMA) provides for. One of its main intentions is to begin raising awareness and motivating people to voluntarily retain wetlands and also to encourage them where possible to enhance and restore wetlands. Finally it puts the highest priority on the region’s most depleted wetland types.
Chapter 7 is part of Variation 1. The Variation 1 page provides information on the variation process, including Hearings.
Since 2004 when Variation 1 added Chapters 4- 8 to the NRRP a number of other variations have been notified which make changes or additions to Chapters 1-8. There are no variations for Chapter 7 at present.