Hurunui drylands Background information for a discussion with Dale McEntee Hurunui Biodiversity Co-ordinator Grant Norbury and Susan Walker Landcare Research, Dunedin and Alexandra March 2010

Drylands of Canterbury Canterbury drylands Northern and coastal environments D. Coastal Marlborough and Kaikoura Coast E: Marlborough and North Canterbury hillslopes F: Canterbury Plains, Banks Peninsula and Otago inland basin alluvium and loess Drylands of Canterbury Canterbury drylands SOUTH ISLAND ENVIRONMENT TYPES Southern and inland environments G: Inland southern South Island basins and valley floors H: Mackenzie Basin and Central Otago hillslopes

Drylands of Canterbury Canterbury drylands Northern and coastal environments D. Coastal Marlborough and Kaikoura Coast E: Marlborough and North Canterbury hillslopes F: Canterbury Plains, Banks Peninsula and Otago inland basin alluvium and loess Drylands of Canterbury Canterbury drylands SOUTH ISLAND ENVIRONMENT TYPES Southern and inland environments G: Inland southern South Island basins and valley floors H: Mackenzie Basin and Central Otago hillslopes

Facts & figures for Canterbury Districts INDIGENOUS VEGETATION LOSS TOTAL LAND AREA OF CANTERBURY Facts & figures for Canterbury Districts INDIGENOUS VEGETATION LOSS 50.1% DRYLAND REMAINING PREDOMINANTLY INDIGENOUS ECOSYSTEMS 23.3% cleared 84.2% cleared REST OF CANTERBURY CANTERBURY DRYLANDS

REST OF HURUNUI DISTRICT TOTAL LAND AREA OF HURUNUI DISTRICT Facts & figures for Hurunui District INDIGENOUS VEGETATION LOSS 54.3% DRYLAND REMAINING PREDOMINANTLY INDIGENOUS ECOSYSTEMS 16.8% cleared 86.2% cleared REST OF HURUNUI DISTRICT HURUNUI DRYLANDS

Facts & figures for Canterbury Districts PROTECTION 37.9% protected TOTAL LAND AREA OF CANTERBURY Facts & figures for Canterbury Districts PROTECTION 50.1% DRYLAND PERCENT LAND AREA LEGALLY PROTECTED (public + private) 37.9% protected 1.5% protected REST OF CANTERBURY CANTERBURY DRYLANDS

REST OF HURUNUI DISTRICT TOTAL LAND AREA OF HURUNUI DISTRICT Facts & figures for Hurunui District PROTECTION 54.3% DRYLAND PERCENT LAND AREA LEGALLY PROTECTED (public + private) 37.0% protected 1.3% protected REST OF HURUNUI DISTRICT HURUNUI DRYLANDS

Threatened Environment Classification For each LENZ Level IV environment, the classification shows how much indigenous cover is left & how much is protected

What? Combination of 3 national datasets Divides country into 6 threat categories based mainly on: past loss of indigenous vegetation (% indigenous cover left) but also on: current legal protection (% protected)

Threatened environments Category Category Criteria Category Name 1 <10% indigenous cover left Acutely Threatened 2 10–20% left Chronically Threatened 3 20–30% left At Risk 4 >30% left and <10% protected Critically Underprotected 5 >30% left and 10–20% protected Underprotected 6 >30% left and >20% protected Less Reduced and Better Protected No Data based on indigenous cover left, no matter how much protected based on indigenous cover left (>30%) left AND how much protected

Canterbury Region Threatened Environment Classification LENZ level 4 % Indigenous cover left % Protected

Drylands All of NZ Acutely Threatened Chronically Threatened At Risk Critically Underprotected Underprotected No threat category

Threatened Environment Classification (Hurunui District)

Threatened Environment Classification (Hurunui District Drylands only)