[2023] NZEnvC 068 Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Incorporated v West Coast Regional Council [pdf, 827 KB]
...adverse effects at Orikaka, (the Orikaka Habitat Enhancement Plan), which had an overall objective of enhancing the population of birds and invertebrates within the habitat enhancement area. [32] The current proposal includes an off-footprint environmental compensation and mitigation package in an area adjacent to the mine footprint between the proposed mine and the Escarpment Mine to the north, with the change having been prompted by discussions with the expert advisors to the...