Project 4: Biodiversity trails

Strengthening biodiversity values can be achieved through using trails as a direct means to support predator-free 2050 goals and native planting programs.

The existing tracks and trails network can be co-opted so local communities more strongly include biodiversity values in the establishment and maintenance of trails. This includes repurposing lesser-used recreation trails within the National Park as biodiversity trails and extending riparian planting programs outside of the park boundary wherever trails, tracks and roads cross a river.

Key outcomes:

1. Existing biodiversity opportunities are extended and the scale of impact is increased
2. The role of people in improving biodiversity is expressly incorporated into a tracks and trails strategy
3. Sites for greatly strengthening kaitiakitanga, education and impactful citizen science are created