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State of the Environment Report for Northland

The State of the Environment Report for Northland 2012 has been split into the following sections. These are available to download in PDF format below:

Foreword and Introduction

  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
    - The purpose of the report 
    - The content of this report
    - At a glance the state of Northland's environment

Our people

  • Society
  • Economy
  • Tangata Whenua

Our place

  • Climate
  • Environment
  • Natural hazards
  • Infrastructure 
  • What is being done? 

Our land, our air

  • Land use and soil quality
  • What is our land use?
  • Soil quality
  • What are the issues affecting soil quality?
  • How are we measuring up against our objectives?
  • What is being done?
  • Biodiversity and biosecurity on land
  • Pest plants and animals
  • Contaminated sites
  • Air quality

 Our freshwater

  • Surface water quality
  • Surface water quantity
  • Groundwater
  • What is our groundwater resource?
  • What is being done?
  • How are we measuring up against our objectives?
  • Freshwater biodiversity and biosecurity
  • How are we measuring up against our objectives?

Our coast

  • Coastal water quality
  • What do we want for our coastal water quality?
  • What are the issues affecting coastal water quality?
  • What is our coastal swimming water quality like?
  • What is the current state of our harbours and estuaries?
  • What is being done?
  • How are we measuring up against our objectives?
  • Marine biodiversity and biosecurity
  • What is being done?
  • How are we measuring up against our objectives?