A framework for adaptive management of wild goats, deer, wild pigs, tahr, and chamois
The GAC has worked with DOC on giving effect to Te Mana o te Taiao – Aotearoa New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy 2020 (ANZBS) with the development of the Te Ara ki Mua adaptive management framework. The ANZBS recognises game animals (deer, tahr, chamois and wild pigs) as valued introduced species and balances the need to manage them to improve conservation outcomes with the recreational, cultural and economic resource benefits these animals provide.
Te Ara ki Mua is the framework that supports the implementation of the ANZBS. Te Ara ki Mua ensures a balanced, realistic and progressive approach to the management of game animals and provides the opportunity to create enduring solutions through regional and site-based management programmes that involve local communities, including hunters.
The Framework will improve monitoring, delivery and evaluation of game animal management and goat control. It will also help coordinate efforts and enhance capacity across the people, organisations, and agencies involved.
In partnership with whānau, hapū, and iwi, the Department of Conservation and Game Animal Council will implement this framework.
Please find the Te Ara ki Mua framework on the DOC website.