Community-based guidelines have been developed by the Coastal Restoration Trust for assessing the state of coastal dune systems including surveying status of vegetation cover and dune morphology, and monitoring of the performance of restoration programmes.
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This project was funded by the Ministry for the Environment’s Community Environment Fund with support from councils including Waikato Regional Council, Northland Regional Council, Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council, Christchurch City Council, Canterbury Regional Council, and Timaru District Council; the Department of Conservation; and in collaboration with Coast Care and Beach Care groups nationwide, iwi and coastal landowners. Funding was also provided from the Research Fund of the Coastal Restoration Trust that is supported by the above research partners.