DP Ecological Significance (OpenData)

This entity describes a provision made in a district plan to protect areas of distinctive natural heritage containing noteworthy biological diversity. These areas of distinctive natural heritagehave been previously identified in: McEwen, M. 1987. Ecological Regions and Districts of New Zealand. New Zealand Biological Resource Centre, Publication No.5, Part 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. Wilson, H.D. (1992). Banks Ecological Region: Port Hills, Herbert and Akaroa Ecological Districts. Protected Natural Areas Programme Survey Report No. 21. Department of Conservation, Canterbury. 342 pp. This entity is intersected with RatingUnit to enable generation of property condition comments. It is spatially abstracted to an area. Entity Type: Concept