Ecosystem maps are essential tools for understanding biodiversity and supporting effective resource management. New Zealand currently lacks a comprehensive, up-to-date ecosystem map aligned with international best practice.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Global Ecosystem Typology (IUCN GET) provides a globally recognised framework for classifying ecosystems. This project focused on mapping Ecosystem Functional Groups (EFGs)—broad ecosystem types defined by shared ecological processes—across New Zealand using existing datasets. While the resulting map will be relatively coarse in resolution, it will support national-scale conservation planning, inform future detailed mapping, and contribute to New Zealand’s reporting under the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Global Biodiversity Framework.
The project is part of the broader national ecosystem typology programme, that aims to implement a nationally consistent common language for describing different types of ecosystems.
Ecosystem maps are essential tools for understanding biodiversity and supporting effective resource management. New Zealand currently lacks a comprehensive, up-to-date ecosystem map aligned with international best practice.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Global Ecosystem Typology (IUCN GET) provides a globally recognised framework for classifying ecosystems. This project focused on mapping Ecosystem Functional Groups (EFGs)—broad ecosystem types defined by shared ecological processes—across New Zealand using existing datasets. While the resulting map will be relatively coarse in resolution, it will support national-scale conservation planning, inform future detailed mapping, and contribute to New Zealand’s reporting under the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Global Biodiversity Framework.
The project is part of the broader national ecosystem typology programme, that aims to implement a nationally consistent common language for describing different types of ecosystems.