Te Rautaki Ngahere ā-Tāone o Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland's Urban Ngahere (Forest) Strategy

We are taking a strategic approach to knowing, growing, and protecting our urban ngahere (forest).

The strategy recognises the social, environmental, economic, and cultural benefits of our urban ngahere (forest), and sets out a strategic approach to knowing, growing, and protecting it. 

Auckland's urban ngahere strategic framework sets out:

• a vision
• three main objectives (Knowing, Growing and Protecting)
• two key mechanisms for delivering these objectives (Engage and Manage)
• nine supporting principles. 

• Right tree in the right place.
• Preference for native species.
• Ensure urban forest diversity.
• Protect mature, healthy trees.
• Create ecological corridors and connections.
• Access for all residents.
• Manage urban forest on public and private land.
• Deploy regulatory and non-regulatory tools.
• Manage the whole lifecycle of urban trees.

We will know we have been successful when we have: 

• increased canopy cover to 30 per cent across Auckland's urban area, and at least 15 per cent in every local board area
• enhanced the associated social, environmental, economic and cultural benefits
• addressed the unequal distribution of canopy cover in urban Auckland
• increased the network of green infrastructure on public land
• improved links between green spaces by establishing ecological corridors
• effectively engaged with landowners to support urban ngahere on private land
• planted diverse tree and plant species on public land
• shared knowledge of our urban ngahere
• instilled a sense of pride in Aucklanders for their urban ngahere.

We have outlined 18 high-level actions that are central to achieving the strategy's outcomes. 

In addition to these actions, collaboration, funding and partnerships, and area-specific implementation are all fundamental to the strategy's success.