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| Total Industrial Processes | 4.4 |
|---|---|
| Metal Production | 2.3 |
| Consumption of halocarbons and SF6 | 0.8 |
| Mineral Products | 0.7 |
| Chemical Industry | 0.6 |
- Environment New Zealand 2007
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Environmental reporting
- Chapter 2: Our environment and people
- Chapter 3: Household consumption
- Chapter 4: Transport
- Introduction
- National environmental indicator
- Current pressures and trends
- Figure 4.1: Trends in vehicle kilometres travelled (VKT) by vehicle type, 1980–2006
- Figure 4.2: Average vehicle kilometres travelled (VKT) per vehicle and total number of vehicles in each age class, 2006
- Figure 4.3: Vehicle kilometres travelled (VKT) by fuel type, 2001–2006
- Figure 4.4: Vehicle ownership per person in New Zealand, 1950–2005
- Figure 4.5: Average engine size of the light vehicle fleet, 2000–2006
- Figure 4.6: Means of travel to work on census day, 7 March 2006
- Figure 4.7: Total international passenger arrivals to and departures from New Zealand, 1955–2005
- Changes since the 1997 report
- References
- Chapter 5: Energy
- Introduction
- National environmental indicators
- Current pressures and trends
- Figure 5.1: Location of New Zealand’s major energy sources
- Figure 5.2: Consumer energy demand by fuel type, 2005
- Figure 5.4: Consumer energy demand by sector, 2005
- Figure 5.5: Consumer energy demand by sector, 1995–2005
- Figure 5.6: Primary energy supply, 2005
- Figure 5.7: Primary energy supply, 1974–2005
- Figure 5.9: Electricity generation by fuel type, 2005
- Figure 5.11: Relative efficiency of fuel types for electricity generation, 2005
- Changes since the 1997 report
- References
- Chapter 6: Waste
- Introduction
- National environmental indicator
- Current state and trends
- Figure 6.1: Estimates of waste disposed of to landfill, 1983–2006, and number of landfills operating, 1995–2006
- Figure 6.2: Estimates of the composition of waste disposed of to landfills, 2004
- Figure 6.3: Receiving environments for wastewater discharged from 125 treatment plants, 2007
- Figure 6.4: Sewage sludge from monitored treatment plants, 2006
- Changes since the 1997 report
- References
- Chapter 7: Air
- Introduction
- National environmental indicator
- Current state and trends
- Figure 7.1: How temperature inversions trap pollution
- Figure 7.3:
- Figure 7.5: Annual total suspended particulate levels in Auckland, 1964–2005
- Figure 7.6:
- Figure 7.7:
- Figure 7.8:
- Figure 7.9:
- Figure 7.10: Carbon monoxide (CO) levels and emissions in main centres of population
- Figure 7.11:
- Figure 7.12: Ozone levels at Musick Point, Auckland, 1996–2005
- Figure 7.13:
- Figure 7.14: Benzene levels in Auckland and Christchurch, 2001–2005
- Figure 7.15: Annual lead levels in Auckland and Christchurch, 1975–2005
- Changes since the 1997 report
- References
- Chapter 8: Atmosphere
- Introduction
- National environmental indicators
- Current state and trends
- Figure 8.1: New Zealand average surface temperature, 1853–2006
- Figure 8.2: Annual rainfall since 1900 for a range of locations in New Zealand
- Figure 8.3:
- Figure 8.4: Tonnes of carbon dioxide emitted on a per capita basis based on all greenhouse gas emissions in 2000 for selected countries
- Figure 8.5: New Zealand’s gross greenhouse gas emissions by gas, 2005
- Figure 8.6: New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions by gas type, 1990–2005
- Figure 8.7: New Zealand’s total greenhouse gas emissions and removals, 1990–2005
- Figure 8.8: New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions by sector, 2005
- Figure 8.9: Energy sector greenhouse gas emissions, 2005
- Figure 8.10: Industrial processes sector greenhouse gas emissions, 2005
- Figure 8.11: Agricultural sector greenhouse gas emissions, 2005
- Figure 8.12: Waste sector greenhouse gas emissions, 2005
- Figure 8.13: Land use, land-use change, and forestry greenhouse gas removals, 1990–2005
- Figure 8.14: Average yearly ozone levels over New Zealand, 1970–2006
- Figure 8.15: Concentration of equivalent effective stratospheric chlorine, 1969–2006
- Figure 8.16: Changes in summertime ozone and peak ultraviolet index at Lauder, Central Ōtago
- Changes since the 1997 report
- References
- Chapter 9: Land
- Introduction
- National environmental indicators
- Current state and trends
- Figure 9.1: New Zealand’s soil orders (North Island)
- Figure 9.2: New Zealand’s soil orders (South Island)
- Figure 9.3: Land use in New Zealand, 2004
- Figure 9.4: Livestock numbers in New Zealand, 1981–2006
- Figure 9.5: Sources of nitrogen and phosphorus in agricultural catchments, 1985–2004
- Figure 9.6: Total exotic forest land in New Zealand, 1990–2005
- Figure 9.7: Area of new exotic forestry plantings, 1920–2005, at five-yearly intervals
- Figure 9.8: New plantings and replanting of exotic forestry, 1990–2005
- Figure 9.9: Hill-country pasture areas at risk of erosion – North Island (LCDB 2, 2002)
- Figure 9.10: Hill-country pasture areas at risk of erosion – South Island (LCDB 2, 2002)
- Table 9.1: New Zealand’s 15 soil orders and their predominant land uses
- Table 9.3: Changes in land cover between 1997 (LCDB 1) and 2002 (LCDB 2)
- Table 9.6: Soil properties under the 500 Soils Project, arranged by land-use categories
- Table 9.7: Area (in hectares) of pasture on hill-country erosion-prone land by region between 1997 (LCDB 1) and 2002 (LCDB 2)
- Table 9.8: Self-reported information on contaminated sites in 10 regions, 2006–2007
- Changes since the 1997 report
- References
- Chapter 10: Freshwater
- Introduction
- National environmental indicators
- Current state and trends
- Figure 10.1: Common sources of freshwater pollution
- Figure 10.3: Nutrient trends in rivers in the national monitoring network, 1989–2005
- Figure 10.4: Comparison of median nutrient levels in rivers and streams by catchment land use, 1997–2002
- Figure 10.5: Trophic (nutrient) level (most recent to 2005) and trends (1990–2006) of monitored lakes
- Figure 10.6: Comparison of Trophic Level Index water quality variables between lakes in pasture catchments and lakes in natural catchments, 2004–2006
- Figure 10.7: Bacterial water quality at monitored freshwater swimming spots, 2003–2007
- Figure 10.8: Concentrations of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria in rivers and streams in catchments with different land uses, 1997–2002
- Figure 10.9: Trends in dissolved oxygen and water temperature in rivers in the national monitoring network, 1989–2005
- Figure 10.10: Trends in macroinvertebrates (%EPT) in rivers in the national monitoring network, 1989–2005
- Figure 10.11: Trends in biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) for rivers in the national monitoring network, 1989–2002
- Figure 10.12: Median nitrate levels in groundwater, 1995–2006
- Figure 10.13: Distribution of resource consents for surface water and groundwater, 2006
- Figure 10.14: Use of allocated water in New Zealand, 2006
- Figure 10.15: Regional variations in the use of allocated water, 2006
- Figure 10.16: Allocation of surface water as a percentage of average annual low flow of rivers, 2006
- Figure 10.17: Changes in allocation and irrigated area between 1999 and 2006
- Table 10.1: National medians and ranges for minerals, chemicals, and metals in monitored groundwater, 1995–2006
- Changes since the 1997 report
- References
- Chapter 11: Oceans
- Introduction
- National environmental indicators
- Current state and trends
- Figure 11.1: New Zealand's marine area
- Figure 11.2: Commercial trawling effort (total area swept in square kilometres) by Trawl Catch Effort Processing Returns (TCEPR) vessels, 1990–2005
- Figure 11.3: Location of commercial trawling effort (total area swept in square kilometres within 25-square-kilometre cells) by Trawl Catch Effort Processing Returns (TCEPR) vessels, 1990–2005
- Figure 11.4: Area trawled (cumulative) by class in the Demersal Fish Community Classification, 1990–2005
- Figure 11.5: Number of cells trawled at least once as a percentage of the number of cells in each class in the Demersal Fish Community Classification, 1990–2005
- Figure 11.6: Compliance of monitored coastal swimming spots with guidelines for contact recreation, 2003–2007
- Figure 11.7: Total number of reported marine spills, 1999–2006
- Figure 11.8: Percentage of territorial sea in marine reserves, 1975–2006
- Figure 11.9 Marine reserves in the territorial sea by Coastal Biogeographic Regions Classification
- Figure 11.10: Percentage of mainland Coastal Biogeographic Regions Classification regions in marine reserves, 2007
- Table 11.2: Number of marine species and subspecies in the New Zealand Threat Classification System, 2005
- Changes since the 1997 report
- References
- Chapter 12: Biodiversity
- Introduction
- National environmental indicators
- Current state and trends
- Figure 12.1: Estimated pre-human and 2002 land cover in New Zealand
- Figure 12.2: New Zealand land environments as shown by the Land Environments of New Zealand classification
- Figure 12.3: Estimated pre-human and current (2007) extent of wetland areas
- Figure 12.4: Legally protected areas – North Island, 2006
- Figure 12.5: Legally protected areas – South Island, 2006
- Figure 12.6: Location of Queen Elizabeth II National Trust covenants and registered covenants, and area protected, June 2006
- Figure 12.7: Change in distribution of the lesser short-tailed bat
- Figure 12.8: Change in distribution of the kiwi
- Figure 12.9: Change in distribution of the kākā
- Figure 12.10: Change in distribution of the kōkako
- Figure 12.11: Change in distribution of the mōhua
- Figure 12.12: Change in distribution of the wrybill
- Figure 12.13: Change in distribution of dactylanthus
- Figure 12.14: Areas where sustained management of brushtail possums is carried out by the Department of Conservation and Animal Health Board, 2006
- Figure 12.15: Land area under sustained management of pest species by the Department of Conservation, 2000–2006
- Figure 12.16: Recorded distribution of major invasive submerged weeds (Ceratophyllum demersum, Egeria densa, Lagarosiphon major, Elodea canadensis, and Hydrilla verticillata) in freshwater systems, 1970 and 2004
- Table 12.2: Distribution of threat ranking by native species group according to the Department of Conservation’s Threat Classification System, 2005
- Table 12.4: Estimated change in native vegetation and other native land-cover classes (1997 and 2002) using satellite imagery (LCDB 1 and LCDB 2) and the extent of legal protection for each land cover class
- Table 12.5: Native land cover by land environment, and legally protected native land cover, 2006, within each land environment
- Table 12.7: Registered covenants by the Queen Elizabeth II National Trust, and the ecosystem types within them
- Changes since the 1997 report
- References
- Glossary