The Auckland Unitary Plan includes provision for Significant Ecological Areas (SEA-M) within Auckland’s marine extent. Marine habitats are known to be under-represented, and RIMU will be working to improve knowledge of the region’s marine habitats with a monitoring programme (funded by the Natural Environment Targeted Rate) designed to describe and map habitats and ecological communities in sub-tidal areas. This information will be used to improve representation of marine habitats in SEA-M. ...

Poster prepared for the RIMU symposium 2019. Data matters: the role of research and evaluation in shaping the future of Tāmaki Makaurau.

AUT, 25 June 2019