Planting in Bullock Creek
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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 8 February 2023
Funding
- 223 projects approved
- $223 million of funding paid to conservation projects across the country
Project status
- 193 projects in delivery
- 8 projects pending completion
- 17 projects completed
- 5 projects in contracting
Social gains
- 4,694 people employed since inception
- 1,081 people currently employed
- 3.55 million hours worked
- 632 people that have completed training
Conservation gains
Pest control
- 1,048,371 hectares treated for rats and/or mustelids
- 210,463 hectares treated for possums
- 100,393 hectares treated for wallabies
- 145,351 hectares treated for deer
- 129,865 hectares treated for goats
- 154,927 hectares treated for other animal pests
- 83,122 hectares treated for weeds
- 8,203 hectares treated for wilding conifers
Freshwater
- 8,435 hectares of riparian planting completed
- 1,319,419 plants planted in freshwater restoration projects
- 295 kilometers of new riparian fencing
Restoration
- 157 kilometers of tracks created
- 3,433 kilometers of tracks maintained
- 203 historic heritage assets maintained
- 2.18 million plants produced or propagated