Mackenzie Basin: Opportunities for Alignment: report released

The Mackenzie Basin: Opportunities for Alignment report was released earlier this week. The report comes on the back of the Environment's Court's Eleventh Decision where Judge Jackson opined that there is a strong ecological (and economic) case for an immediate moratorium on freeholding of land under tenure review.

The report addresses how best to reconcile outstanding national landscape and biodiversity values with the need for land owners and communities to maintain and develop their livelihood. Balancing these two important issues are at the forefront for many in this neck of the woods following the Environment Court's recent decisions on Plan Change 13 to the Mackenzie District Plan and the recent notification of Plan Change 18 to the Mackenzie District Plan which addresses indigenous biodiversity including vegetation clearance.