SNA

1. What does SNA FNDC stand for?How do SNAs affect land ownership? ... Do I have to fence or formally protect my SNA? ... How do I manage an SNA? ... What do SNAs mean for landowners? Significant Natural Areas Far North District Council 2. What are some of the specific rules? 

Our District is home to a range of unique landscapes, species and habitats,and to protect them through a District Plan. While there are already rules in the current, many of which are under threat. Council is required to identify these habitats in the District Plan to manage these habitats, we are now required to identify these areas and manage them more specifically in a new District Plan.

 3. What is the FND council trying to develop?

The District Plan is about sustainable land use, environmental protection and enabling growth in the most suitable places. It is a balancing act. Its purpose is to protect our environment, historic places and cultural taonga for future generations (through sustainable management of our resources) while supporting our communities to live and grow 

 4. What restrictions does this mean for land owners?

A Significant Natural Area (SNA) is an area that has significant indigenous vegetation or habitat of indigenous fauna. A SNA may include remnant native bush or native forests, wetlands, frost flats, lakes and rivers, or geothermal vegetation. 

 5. How could this move affect you and your family?

it can have an effect in a more positive way and be more helpful.