Waikato -a place for our living taonga-where the community values and works collaboratively to protect, enhance and restore indigenous biodiversity.
The Forum will take the following actions towards achieving it's vision:
Advocacy
Pursue opportunities to obtain funds to run Forum projects, which contribute to the protection, maintenance and restoration of biodiversity in the Region.
Advocate the development of sound policy and objectives to enhance biodiversity protection at the national, regional, and local levels.
Community networks
Maintain and increase community networks to promote the exchange of ideas, technical information and skills, and to support and encourage groups to work together on protection of biodiversity.
Facilitate co-operation
Facilitate co-operation between agencies, by providing a forum to network, share ideas and enter into partnerships for research, education, monitoring and reporting, policy development and management actions to protect and enhance biodiversity.
Liaise with iwi, hapu and whanau to work together to achieve shared outcomes and support the kaitiaki role of tangata whenua.
Maintain and increase community networks to promote the exchange of ideas, technical information and skills, and to support and encourage groups to work together on protection of biodiversity.
Projects
Engage collaboratively with agencies and community groups by managing regional projects, such as Restoring Waikato's Indigenous Biodiversity: Ecological Priorities and Opportunities document, Forum events, award nominations and other projects.
Waikato Biodiversity Forum