• Annual Plans & Reports
• Regional Plans
• Regional Strategies
• Regional Reports
• Hurunui moratorium
• Hurunui Water Conservation Order
• Air Quality
• Coast
• Democratic Process
• Emergency Management
• Energy
• Environmental Enforcement & Regulation
• Hazards
• Land
• Navigation Safety
• Pests & Biodiversity
• Public Passenger Transport
• Regional Land Transport
• Resource Consents
• Waste
• Water Quality & Quantity

 Our Responsibilities 

Annual Plans & Reports Long Term Council Community Plans and Annual Plans set out the council's budgets and work programmes. You can read the latest plan ..

Regional Plans View our operative and proposed plans and policies for resource management within the region, including the Regional Policy Statement ..

Regional Strategies Read our regional strategies by following the links below. ..

Regional Reports Find out more about Environment Canterbury regional reports on the following pages ..

Hurunui moratorium Environment Canterbury has placed a moratorium on resource consent applications relating to water in the Hurunui River and its tributa ..

Hurunui Water Conservation Order Environment Canterbury is hearing the Hurunui Water Conservation Order, as required by the Environment Canterbury (Temporary Commissio ..

Air Quality Environment Canterbury is responsible for managing the region’s air quality, including controlling the discharge of contaminants into ..

Coast Environment Canterbury is responsible for managing the region’s coastal water quality, including discharges to the sea, and coastal ha ..

Democratic Process Environment Canterbury is required to communicate effectively with the general public through democratic and effective regional govern ..

Emergency Management Environment Canterbury is a joint lead agency for emergency management. It is required to be a member and administering authority for ..

Energy Environment Canterbury is an advocating and influencing agency for promoting energy efficiency and the benefits of the use of sustaina ..

Environmental Enforcement & Regulation In this section find out the latest statistics on the number of environmental incidents in Canterbury and our latest enforcement activ ..

Hazards Environment Canterbury is the lead agency for gathering and providing information on natural hazards (Resource Management Act 1991) an ..

Land Environment Canterbury is responsible for controlling the use of land for the purpose of soil conservation and controlling land use fo ..

Navigation Safety Environment Canterbury is a joint lead agency, with Maritime New Zealand, for regulation of navigation in harbours and inland waters. ..

Pests & Biodiversity Environment Canterbury works closely with the community and other partners as the lead agency for managing and controlling pests speci ..

Public Passenger Transport Environment Canterbury is the lead agency for the provision of public passenger transport services and registering commercial public t ..

Regional Land Transport Environment Canterbury is a joint lead agency with territorial authorities and the New Zealand Transport Agency in working together to ..

Resource Consents Under the RMA (Resource Management Act), you are required to apply for a resource consent from Environment Canterbury if you wish to d ..

Waste Environment Canterbury is responsible for managing the discharge of contaminants to the environment and the investigation of land for ..

Water Quality & Quantity Environment Canterbury is responsible for managing the region’s water resource, including the flows and levels in any water body; cont ..