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Freshwater and Marine at DOC Lian Butcher Director Aquatic

Dive into the Department of Conservation's (DOC) initiatives to protect and restore freshwater and marine habitats in New Zealand. Explore the strategies, partnerships, and goals driving their biodiversity conservation efforts, from freshwater ecosystem restoration to marine species protection. Learn about DOC's role in advocating for conservation policies, managing invasive species, and promoting sustainable practices. Discover how DOC collaborates with indigenous communities and utilizes scientific expertise to ensure the preservation of these vital ecosystems.

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Freshwater and Marine at DOC Lian Butcher Director Aquatic

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  1. Freshwater and Marine at DOC Lian Butcher Director Aquatic

  2. Overarching drivers for our freshwater work • National-scale freshwater reforms • Minister of Conservation has priority to improve freshwater habitats and to ensure conservation values are appropriately considered in policy development • DOC has been given a contingency budget for biodiversity giving possibility to scale up our freshwater capability • DOC has stretch goals of restoring 50 freshwater ecosystems from mountains to the sea, and enhancing the populations of 90% of our threatened species. • At Risk catchments

  3. What this means for DOC? • Clear on our freshwater role at DOC • Clear on our priority outcomes • Focus on partnerships

  4. Enhancing biodiversity by protecting and restoring freshwater ecosystems • Protection and sustainable management of freshwater ecosystems • Managing invasive species and pests • Freshwater habitat restoration • Threatened species management • Management of freshwater species for harvest • Partnership with iwi

  5. DOC’s freshwater toolkit • National policy and legislation • Managing public conservation land • Partnerships • Operations – our boots on the ground • Conservation advocacy • Statutory advocacy • Science and technical expertise and Mātauranga Māori

  6. Freshwater partnerships • At Risk Catchments • Other catchment/site based work • Biodiversity science input and operations • RMA Cycle • Monitoring/big data opportunities • Conservation advocacy

  7. Marine work • Forming a marine strategy • Bycatch work to ramp up – Anipodean Albatross, Hoiho, Sealions, Maui/Hectors, Seabirds • Marine protected areas • Science proposal being developed for marine mammal protection

  8. Marine opportunities • Marine habitat classification and mapping • Marine monitoring

  9. Thank you

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