20230417 12392000 1.0 TRUE Potential ecosystems Accompanies A potential Ecosystem map of the Taranaki Region, Author(s): Nicholas Singers for Nicholas Singers Ecological Solutions Limited and Colin Lawrence, Serpentine Mapping LtdDate: April 2016See Frodo # 1670648.The ecosystem classification used to map potential ecosystems of the Bay of Plenty Region was developed by the Department of Conservation, as a tool for prioritising ecosystem management (Singers & Rogers 2014). This classification is a synthesis that amalgamates previous classifications and ecological studies aligned to an abiotic framework. It describes a full range of ecosystem types at a variety of scales in a natural or potential state as they potentially existed if people arrived today in New Zealand.