Projects

Earthlore, bat scientists, DOC, Catlins Area School, and Tahakopa School are discovering where Long-tailed bats fly and forage in the region and matching the locations of bats to habitat and invertebrates present.

Queenstown Primary School and partners will monitor 3 key sites in the Wakatipu Basin to objectively monitor vegetation change over time, with a focus on wilding pines.

Students will monitor two sites for invertebrates and vegetation, and record environmental factors to assess the restoration work on Taranaki’s riparian margins and in wetland ecosystems.

This community project will undertake a study of the critically endangered long-tail bat to define the home territory it occupies within Pūrangi, East Taranaki.

The Seachange Survey project was set up to create a community survey method, in conjunction with local schools and with input from residents, to monitor the health and distribution of pāua and other kaimoana species.

Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Mutunga will carry out a comprehensive estuarine assessment in the Urenui and Mimitangiatua estuaries and aim to establish what current and future threats may impact on the health of these important coastal areas.