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Environment Southland is the brand name of the Southland Regional Council.
Our role is to promote the sustainability of Southland's natural resources.
We want to encourage all Southlanders to be environmentally aware and to help
protect and enhance the environment for the benefit of current and
future generations.
We do this in many ways, through environmental standards, communication,
education and consultation. We provide a range of services to the public,
as well as access to resources supplied by other agencies and groups.
Underlined headings and topics are linked to associated web pages. Please click any of the links for more information on a topic. Where further information is not available, please contact service@es.govt.nz or phone 03 211 5115 ( Toll free in Southland 0800 76 88 45).
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- Civil Defence and Emergency Management - flood information and flood photo library, coastal erosion, tsunami, marine inundation, other hazard information. Planning and information for emergency readiness, response and recovery
- Communications – The Communications department co-ordinates community consultation, organises events and awards, distributes press releases and publications, and produces the quarterly Envirosouth magazine.
- Compliance - Compliance Monitoring Officers provide information and advice on resource consent compliance matters, undertake inspection and monitoring of consents, and are involved in regional planning activities. They also investigate complaints about possible breaches of consent conditions.
- Consents - The consents department provide advice and information for the resource consent process, advice and information on interpretation of the Resource Management Act and regional plan requirements, as well issuing consents.
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- Environmental Education - The ES mascot is Bruce C Gull, the world's biggest (and friendliest!) seagull. Brucie and the Environmental Education team undertake school visits, produce teacher & student resources, run outdoor activities, and promote environmental activities. Brucie is a Southland icon and an enthusiastic environmental advocate. He has his own website, www.brucecgull.com and publishes a quarterly magazine that is sent to members of the Brucies Buddies Club, which is a free club for environmentally aware children and teenagers under the age of 14.
- Environmental Data - The environment is constantly changing, and the Environmental Data team operate a detailed monitoring and reporting program to enable provision of flood warning, special weather bulletins, interphone service, Rivers & Rainfall online monitoring, surface water and groundwater quality and levels, statistics, technical reporting, technical advice for consents process, air quality and climate information.
- Environmental Monitoring and Reporting - State of the Environment reporting, indicator monitoring, Bathing Water Quality monitoring and reporting.
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- Iwi Liaison - Environment Southland provides assistance and involvement for Iwi in Council process.
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- Marine Oil Spills - response to oil spills
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- Navigation Safety - ES is the primary agency responsible for navigation safety and marine pollution in Southlands rivers, lakes and out to 12 miles off our coast.
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- South Port – Environment Southland has 66.48% shareholding in South Port, which is a strategic asset for the organisation.
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