Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 13, 2018 16:15:37 GMT 12
INDIGENOUS BIODIVERSITY EXAMINED IN MARLBOROUGH ENVIRONMENT PLAN HEARINGS
Marlborough's indigenous plants and animals are under the microscope as the latest round of hearings on the region's proposed environment plan get underway this week.
The plan would determine the council's environmental policies for the next 20 years, and specified what sort of activities would be allowed or banned.
Ngāi Tahu wanted to include a new policy allowing customary harvesting in areas with threatened indigenous vegetation, habitats with significant indigenous biodiversity, and ecologically significant marine sites.
Customary harvesting allowed iwi to collect plants and animals for cultural purposes, such as ceremonies, medicinal uses, weaving or consumption.
It was important to ensure legislation was drafted to comply with the Treaty of Waitangi principles, he said.
"Customary harvesting is essential in enabling Ngāi Tahu, and other tangata whenua iwi, to exercise kaitiakitanga [guardianship of the environment] and to provide for their relationship with their culture, lands, water and other taonga [treasures]......
www.stuff.co.nz/environment/101369878/indigenous-biodiversity-examined-in-marlborough-environment-plan-hearings
Marlborough's indigenous plants and animals are under the microscope as the latest round of hearings on the region's proposed environment plan get underway this week.
The plan would determine the council's environmental policies for the next 20 years, and specified what sort of activities would be allowed or banned.
Ngāi Tahu wanted to include a new policy allowing customary harvesting in areas with threatened indigenous vegetation, habitats with significant indigenous biodiversity, and ecologically significant marine sites.
Customary harvesting allowed iwi to collect plants and animals for cultural purposes, such as ceremonies, medicinal uses, weaving or consumption.
It was important to ensure legislation was drafted to comply with the Treaty of Waitangi principles, he said.
"Customary harvesting is essential in enabling Ngāi Tahu, and other tangata whenua iwi, to exercise kaitiakitanga [guardianship of the environment] and to provide for their relationship with their culture, lands, water and other taonga [treasures]......
www.stuff.co.nz/environment/101369878/indigenous-biodiversity-examined-in-marlborough-environment-plan-hearings
