EMROP: Waihi North Project WAI-985-000-PLN-LC-0001_Rev0 clean 8 Long-term outcomes: The design and implementation of a biodiversity offset should be based on an adaptive management approach, incorporating monitoring and evaluation, with the objective of securing outcomes that last at least as long as the project's impacts and, preferably, in perpetuity. All restoration actions will be legally protected in perpetuity, and monitored for a minimum 20 years to ensure offset targets are achieved. Fauna habitat enhancement measures, including pest control, will be maintained for at least the life of the operation. 9 Transparency: The design and implementation of a biodiversity offset, and communication of its results to the public, should be undertaken in a transparent and timely manner. OGNZL’s Waihi North Project will deliver the biodiversity offset and provide its key targets and outcomes through provision of regular monitoring reports to Hauraki District Council and where appropriate, the Department of Conservation. 10 Science and traditional knowledge: The design and implementation of a biodiversity offset should be a documented process informed by sound science, including an appropriate consideration of traditional knowledge. The design of the biodiversity offset is based on established and proven methods for fauna and flora management and restoration. Tables 2, 3 and 4 detail expected outcomes that are based on previous experience. A key outcome from the offset, which in part, provides a focus on ensuring long term integrity of the moko skink population, considers that the mokomoko is taonga and has a strong spiritual connection to the land. It should therefore be protected in situ.
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