Environmental reporting programme: a schedule of reporting
Work on writing the next state of the environment report is due to begin in early 2011, with the report published in 2012. In the meantime, the national environmental reporting programme will deliver a range of quantitative environmental information.
The purpose of this schedule is to:
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ensure people developing policy in the Ministry and other government agencies are aware of when quantitative data of interest to them will be available
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allow feedback and dialogue with key stakeholders to be programmed in as part of the Ministry’s consultation.
Most of the reporting scheduled will take the form of easy-to-read web-based updates for some of the indicators, known as national environmental report cards.
The timing of each report card depends primarily on data availability, and also reflects, where possible, the policy priorities of the Ministry. Other variables affecting the timing are the availability of staff and a budget to commission or purchase data, and the timely provision of data from the Ministry’s reporting partners.
As well, some indicators will only be reported after major new national datasets become available. For example, most land and soils reporting depends on satellite data from the Land Use and Carbon Analysis System (LUCAS) programme, expected mid-2009 at the earliest.
Proposed schedule of reporting
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2nd quarter |
3rd quarter |
4th quarter |
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2008 |
Five-yearly state of the environment reporting |
Reporting programme – development work Review of regional council SoE reporting Review of OECD SoE reporting Data stocktake for the core set of national environmental indicators Analysis of RST sector support for SoE reporting |
Reporting programme – development work An independent review of Environment New Zealand 2007 A technical guide to New Zealand’s environmental indicators A guide to the national environmental reporting programme – A reporting framework |
Ongoing reporting |
2009 |
Ongoing reporting Household consumption expenditure National Good Practice Guideline on Air Quality Monitoring and Data Management |
Ongoing reporting Recreational water quality (freshwater) Water quality in selected dairy farming catchments |
Ongoing reporting River water quality (physical / chemical) River water quality (biological) Fishing activity (fish stocks) Native land cover (protected areas) Coastal swimming water quality Environmental Indicators Quarterly newsletter Pilot National Cyanobacteria (Algal Bloom) Guidelines |
Ongoing reporting Marine protection1 Soil health Air quality (four pollutants) Land use / land cover Fishing activity (trawling) National environmental reporting Forum Environmental Indicators Quarterly newsletter |
2010 |
Ongoing reporting Vehicle kilometres travelled Household consumption expenditure Erosion risk Stratospheric ozone Environmental Indicators Quarterly newsletter |
Ongoing reporting Air quality (PM10) Recreational water quality (freshwater) Fishing activity (trawling) Energy supply and demand National environmental reporting Forum Environmental Indicators Quarterly newsletter |
Ongoing reporting Solid waste (volume) Recreational water quality (coastal) Lake water quality Greenhouse gases Fishing activity (fish stocks) Environmental Indicators Quarterly newsletter |
Ongoing reporting Marine protection1 Freshwater demand Air quality (four pollutants) National environmental reporting Forum Environmental Indicators Quarterly newsletter |
2011 |
Five-yearly state of the environment reporting Work begins on the 2012 national state of the environment report |
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(1) This indicator will only be updated if new marine reserves are gazetted. If so, the report will be a 2-page "snapshot" report.
Return to the environmental reporting programme pageLast updated: 10 August 2009
