Thanks to all for attending the recent Biodiversity Strategy Symposium. The feedback provided was insightful and very exciting. From your feedback we have pulled together the following ....it is still in DRAFT format and we will be coming out to workshop with you further in the coming months. We very much look forward to this.

Pou: Protecting Restoring and Recreating

Outcomes:

• Ecosystems inclusive of our most vulnerable and regionally iconic taonga species and habitats are surveyed, understood and prioritised for action.
• We know which biodiversity corridors need to be created to support ki uta ki tai (mountains to the sea).
• There is landscape-scale pest management supported by working relationships with landholders.

Pou: Empowering Communities as Kaitiaki

Outcomes:

• Communities are collaborating and complementary and opportunities for aligned effort are identified.
• Community-led and landholder action to protect biodiversity is enabled, supported and encouraged.
• Communities can easily get involved in biodiversity initiatives through clear, supportive processes that make participation accessible.

Pou: Getting the System Right

Outcomes:

• Biodiversity is at the forefront of resource management decisions.
• We have the right information and it is accessible to inform indigenous biodiversity action and management.
• Strong partnerships and collaboration with those undertaking and leading biodiversity action.
  
• Sustainable, diversified and prioritised funding, is secured to accelerate impactful and enduring biodiversity outcomes.
  

Pou: Building Understanding

Outcomes:

• People feel part of nature and they understand the health of te taiao underpins community wellbeing Ko au te taiao, ko te taiao ko au (I am the environment and the environment is me
• We celebrate the success of biodiversity action.
• Participation in biodiversity restoration is growing across the region, with increasing involvement from the next generation.