Day 1 - Presented to Sustainable Summits 2016 Lou Sanson: Antarctica to the Southern Alps – an approach to sustainability

1. “Antarctica To The Southern Alps”
Sustainability Challenges For Conservation
Leaders
Sustainable Summits Conference 2016
Aoraki/Mt Cook
Director-General
Lou Sanson

5. Antarctica
Our Climate’s Engine Room

6. Antarctic Water Is A Major Driver Of Global
Ocean Circulation

7. Antarctica Surprise #1
The Ozone Hole

8. If the entire Antarctic ice sheet melted sea level would rise 50 – 60 meters ~5-8
meters melted 100,000 years ago
Massive decay of fringing ice shelves
Antarctica Surprise #2

9. Antarctica Surprise #3
Massive warming in the Antarctic Peninsula and cooling in
East Antarctica?

11. Antarctica – Current Ice Sheet Mass Balance
Loss (1 giga ton every 2 days/1 cubic km)

12. Balleny Islands
It All Starts Here

13. • More frequent and
stronger westerly winds
• Less mist and humidity
Macquarie Island
The end of the Southern Alps

14. New Zealand Sub Antarctic Islands
The Canary In The Room

15. Antipodes Island Storm Event 2014

16. Increasing Cyclones
Cyclone Ita May 2014 Great Barrier Island June
2014

18. Rakiura/Stewart Island
Home Of The Kākāpo

19. The Alpine Fault

20. Southern Alps Under Stress
Gardiner Hut 2014

21. Vanishing Ice – Franz Josef (2011 – 2016)

25. Tasman Glacier- 1977
(photo by Trevor Chinn)

26. Tasman Glacier- 2009
(photo by Brian Anderson, VUW)

27. Tasman Glacier- 2012
(photo by Brian Anderson, VUW)

28. 20‐30 yrs wildings will invade 5.9 million ha. (22% of NZ)
Irreversible change in NZ iconic landscapes
Wilding Conifers
1.7 million hectares (6% of NZ)

29. Battle for our Birds

30. Invasive pests worse with
climate change

31. More frequent mega-masts
and predator irruptions

33. Aircraft Access Rapidly Changing
Tourism

34. Tourism vs Wilderness
Ngapunatoru Ice Plateau

35. Competing Users
Trampers And Hunters

36. New Zealand Alpine Huts
A Huge Asset

37. Outdoor Recreation Consortium
Innovation in Sustainability

38. New Zealand Great Walks
An International Brand Success

39. New Zealand Cycle Ways
A New Product Emerging

40. Tongariro National Park

41. Te Araroa
New Zealand’s 3000km Trail

42. Te Urewera
World Leadership In Co-Management

43. Mountain to Sea

44. Project Maunga
Restoring Mountains At Scale

46. Questions?
Questions?

47. “Antarctica To The Southern Alps”
Sustainability Challenges For Conservation
Leaders
Sustainable Summits Conference 2016
Aoraki/Mt Cook
Director-General
Lou Sanson