DOC Jobs for Nature programme achievements
Introduction
Reporting from projects is received and assessed on a quarterly basis.Data across all Jobs for Nature agencies is released through the Jobs for Nature Secretariat at the Ministry for the Environment.
Project achievements as of 31 March 2023
Funding
- 224 projects approved
- $277 million of funding paid to conservation projects across the country
Project status
- 186 projects in delivery
- 17 projects pending completion
- 20 projects completed
- 5 projects in contracting
Social gains
- 5,225 people employed since inception
- 1,458 people currently employed
- 4.28 million hours worked
- 662 people that have completed training
Conservation gains
Pest control
- 921,051 hectares treated for rats and/or mustelids
- 212,753 hectares treated for possums
- 141,056 hectares treated for wallabies
- 160,600 hectares treated for deer
- 145,315 hectares treated for goats
- 221,477 hectares treated for other animal pests
- 68,471 hectares treated for weeds
- 12,573 hectares treated for wilding conifers
Freshwater
- 969 hectares of riparian planting completed
- 1,340,934 plants planted in freshwater restoration projects
- 380 kilometres of new riparian fencing
Restoration
- 170 kilometres of tracks created
- 2,363 kilometres of tracks maintained
- 307 historic heritage assets maintained
- 2.18 million plants produced or propagated
- 237 huts maintained
- 2,477 hectares of ecosystem restored