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Compilation of the "Significant Natural Areas" - (SNAs), in Timaru District. |
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Compilation of the "Significant Natural Areas" - (SNAs), in Timaru District. |
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Mike Harding (Consultant) and TDC's GIS Team |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>"Significant Natural Areas"</SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN>- </SPAN><SPAN>are defined as areas where natural and physical resources need </SPAN><SPAN>protection </SPAN><SPAN>due to </SPAN><SPAN>significant indigenous vegetation and habitats of indigenous fauna</SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN>that are located within that designated area.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>This layer depicts a</SPAN><SPAN>reas identified during Mike Harding's study of Significant Natural Areas</SPAN><SPAN>. The study is broken up into separate reports for each parcel involved and are available in TRIM/RM8. The survey was undertaken over an eleven-year period between 2005 and 2016.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>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. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>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 landowners</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>An overview of the study is available in TRIM/RM8 record number 1025958.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>-----------------------------------------------------------------------</SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Fields Include</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">:</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Description - </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic;">RM8 document number which will contain further information about the Significant Natural Area</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Ref Number - </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic;">RM8 document reference number</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Perimeter - </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Hectares - </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic;">Area in hectares</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Property - </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic;">Property Owner</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>SNA-Ref - </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic;">Significant Natural Area reference number</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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Decisions Version District Plan - Significant Natural Areas |
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["SNA","Significant Natural Area conservation"] |
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