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Objective

To prepare for and understand the implications of climate change on land in Southland Murihiku.

Welcome Rock, Northern Southland Murihiku

Approach

  • One of the greatest strengths of Southland Murihiku is its land. There are significant challenges and changes affecting our land and this workstream has direct alignment with regional planning already happening with Environment Southland, other Councils, Iwi, central government and community organisations. Through this continued partnership, our approach is to support and inform the development of regional spatial planning to support to the RMA Reform and other new legislative requirements.

  • We are aware that there is a lot of work already happening, so we will continue to evaluate where any gaps are, and where value can be added.

Key Outcomes

  1. Support the development of spatial and climate change planning with a focus on ensuring a regional lens and also ensuring that there is regional advocacy which aligns with our values as a region and people

  2. Facilitate the development of a carbon forestry report that identifies the impacts of large-scale carbon forest planting on the Southland economy, employment sector and community

  3. Recommendations are provided on how to improve the aggregation, interpretation and sharing of data and insights to support iwi, farmers, other landowners and key stakeholders to make the best decisions for land use.

Connection with other Workstreams:

The principles of this workstream will strongly underpin the overall Beyond 2025 Southland plan with close alignment to the following workstreams:

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Net Zero Southland

To support and enable Southland Murihiku to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

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Housing

To support and enable development of housing within the Southland Murihiku region.

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Primary Sector

To ensure that the primary sector, in particular agriculture, continues to be the driving force of the Southland Murihiku economy and the backbone of the New Zealand economy.

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Future Crops and Food Opportunities

To develop the Southland Murihiku future crops and food opportunity pathway

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