This section of the website describes what the Tasman District Council is doing to manage and protect our valuable environmental resources.
Environment Awards
The Tasman and Nelson Environment Awards recognise individuals, community groups, businesses, farmers, and schools, who have demonstrated the use of good environmental practice in their tasks.
Click here for more info on the The Tasman and Nelson Environment Awards.
How good is the Environment in Tasman
The Reports below show how we are doing for the following environments:
• Air quailty (mostly Richmond)
• Estuarine ecological health
• Bathing water quality
• River ecological health
• River water quality
 Environment Report Air Quality - PDF (419 K)
Environment Report Estuarine Wetland - PDF (290 K)
Environment Report Recreation Water Quality - PDF (365 K)
Environment Report River and Stream Health - PDF (375 K)
Environment Report River Water - PDF (474 K)
Biodiversity Overview 2008
This report describes the land-based native animals, birds and insects that are found in Tasman District and the role that landowners can play in protecting them and their habitat. More...
Opportunities for Ecological Restoration in the Takaka Catchment
This Report describes the ecological characteristics of the different areas within the Takaka catchment and identifies priorities for restoration.
The report was commissioned by the Tasman Environmental Trust (TET) to provide a strategic view of opportunities for the Trust who are responsible for administering the Cobb Mitigation Fund, for the panel that consider the applications and provide recommendations to the Trust, and for the applicants who prepare the applications and undertake the important work of ecological restoration.
Please click on the link below to download the report as PDF.
Opportunities for Ecological Restoration in the Takaka Catchment - March 2009 (2.6 MB)
Biodiversity Overview 2004
This report reviews the protection status of the remaining indigenous ecosystems within the nineteen ecological districts in Tasman District and the opportunities for enhancement of indigenous biodiversity on private land. More...
State of the Environment To download the latest summary on the State of the Environment in Tasman District click on the PDF link below.
State of the Environment Report - September 2005 (99 K)
Climate Change and Variability
This report describes changes which may occur over the coming century in the climate of the region administered by the Tasman District Council, and outlines some possible impacts of these changes. The report is also available on CD from Council offices.
Climate Change and Variability - Tasman District, June 2008 (2000 K)
Remediation of the former Fruitgrowers Chemical Company Site in Mapua
Progress on the Mapua FCC site
The environmental Site Audit Report was released by the Ministry for the Environment at the end of July, and the Audit concludes that the remediated Fruitgrowers Chemical Company site at Mapua is fit for the intended future land uses, and recommends some additional monitoring.
Please download the following Reports here:
Site Audit of the Remediation - June 2009 (6.8 MB)
Executive summary of the Site Audit of the Remediation - June 2009 (56 K)
Click here to go to the Ecofest Website
The documents below detail the polices and plans in place to promote the sustainable management of resources.
Tasman Resource Management Plan (TRMP) 
Tasman Regional Policy Statement (TRPS)
The following pages provide vital information to assist you with finding out more about how you can help protect our natural resources.
| 
