National Environmental Reporting Forum
Together with Statistics New Zealand, the Ministry for the Environment runs a National Environmental Reporting Forum every 6 months. The aim of the forum is to build a ‘community of interest’ in environmental monitoring and reporting across the country, by bringing together a national network of people to share technical information and best practice. The forum includes a series of presentations given by the community of interest on new environmental monitoring and reporting initiatives. The forum also runs targeted thematic workshops to ensure that there is in-depth follow-through in priority areas of discussion. On the basis of feedback from the pilot forum in August 2008, the two targeted workshops focus on how to achieve:
- greater consistency in freshwater monitoring and reporting
- more integrated approaches to environmental monitoring and reporting (eg, at the international, national, regional and local levels).
The Ministry has successfully held three forums:
- National Environmental Reporting Forum — 20 October 2009
- National Environmental Reporting Forum — 17 April 2009
- National Environmental Reporting Forum — 15 August 2008
The next forum will be held in April 2010. For more information on the next forum, contact the Statistics and Geospatial team at: environmental.reporting@mfe.govt.nz
Last updated: 2 November 2009
