Impact 1.1

Okarito walkway (Rowan Buxton).

Trends in national and regional biodiversity on public and private land are known and understood, based on best available definitions and descriptions for species and indices of ecological integrity.

We continued to improve understanding of what constitutes healthy biodiversity at local, regional and national scales. This information underpins evidence-based land management and conservation decisions. The threat status of species and ecosystems may change with land use (restoration or development) or through new insights into species relationships and descriptions, particularly as revealed by the use of DNA technologies. Our authoritative, up-to-date information and identification resources were readily available to users through the web and via new apps, training workshops, advisory and identification services, and technical advisory groups and key user forums.

We also supported citizen science initiatives such as the New Zealand Bio-Recording Network Trust.

Key performance indicator 1.1: DOC and regional councils are using comparable metrics to measure status and trend and impacts of interventions on biodiversity within their jurisdictions

Core-funded progress for 2014/15 is reported in the achievements table, particularly under: