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Signicifant natural areas are defined as areas where natural and physical resources need protection due to significant indigenous vegetation and habitats of indigenous faunathat are located within that designated area.This layer depicts areas identified during Mike Harding's study of Significant Natural Areas. The study is broken up into sepearte reports for each parcel involved and are available in TRIM/RM8. The survey was undertaken over an eleven-year period between 2005 and 2016.The Timaru District Council identified SNAs during preparation of the Timaru District Plan (2005). These SNAs were selected from published reports, aerial photographs and local knowledge. At completion of the survey in 2016, 772 SNAs covering a total area of 7260 hectares had been surveyed and mapped. More than 200 properties were assessed during the survey, including small lifestyle blocks, roadsides, low country farms, large hill country farms and high country stations. Nearly all (95%) of the properties were assessed by field survey. Ten other properties were assessed by desk-top analysis of available information, in consultation with the landownersAn overview of the study is available in TRIM/RM8 record number 1025958.Fields Include:Description - RM8 document number which will contain further information about the Significant Natural AreaRef Number - RM8 document reference numberPerimeter - Hectares - Area in hectaresProperty - Property OwnerSNA-Ref - Significant Natural Area reference number |