Coordinated Monitoring of New Zealand Wetlands, Phase 2, Goal 2


Appendix 5: Māori environmental monitoring sheet


Māori Indicators- Wetland Monitoring Form

Name of wetland:
Date:
People involved in monitoring:

What's causing the problems?

% area of land uses/riparian factors affecting Cultural Values

0 = 0% 1 = 1-20% 2 = 21-40% 3 = 41-60% 4 = 61 - 80% 5 = 81-100%

No. of point (sites) sources of pollution degrading te Mauri

0 = 0

1 = (1-2)

2 = (3-5)

3 = (6-9)

4 = (10-14)

5 = (>15)

Degree of modification (drainage, water table, burning, in-flows, out-flows) degrading te Mauri

1 = low

2 = moderate

3 = high

4 = v.high

5 = extreme

No. of exotic (introduced, foreign) plants, algae, animals, fish, birds (pest types) affecting Cultural Values

0 = 0

1 = (1-2)

2 (3-5)

3 (6-9)

4 (10-14)

5 (>15)

 

Taonga and Mauri? (Māori information about the wetland, its attributes)

No. of taonga species (flora and fauna) within wetland

0 = 0

1 = (1-2)

2 (3-5)

3 (6-9)

4 (10-14)

5 (>15)

% area of taonga plants within total wetland

0 = 0%

1 = 1-20%

2 = 21-0%

3 = 41-60%

4 = 61-80 %

5 = 81-100%

% area of exotic (introduced, foreign) plants covering total wetland

0 = 0

1 = 1-20%

2 = 21-40%

3 = 41-60%

4 = 61-80%

5 = 81-100%

No. of cultural sites within or adjacent to wetland

0 = 0

1 = (1-2)

2 (3-5)

3 (6-9)

4 (10-14)

5 (>15)

Assessment of te Mauri (scale)

1 = weak or low

2 = average or moderate

3 = strong or high



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