ACTION BIO-COMMUNITY - Local Capacity in Biodiversity Management

What's hot: ABC Video

Here is the latest way of hearing directly from Councils. Look at the 2 short interviews from Greater Wellington. Look out for the "Hot Tip"

Greater Wellington Regional Council is doing some interesting biodiversity work in its region. Here are 2 examples. The first from Paula Loader who manages the "Take Care" programme (a grant that enables communities to restore some of the most threatened ecosystems). The second interview is with Tim Park from the Policy Section.

Here is a video of Paula Loader from Greater Wellington Regional Council talking about their "Take Care" programme. (The interview is only one and a half minutes long!!)

For more information on Take Care go to: http://www.gw.govt.nz/section1022.cfm (the Coastal footage in the film is from the Island Bay Sand Dune restoration project)

The second interview is with Tim Park from Greater Wellington. He talks for about 2 minutes about the biodiversity programmes for private landowners in the region: