DOC Jobs for Nature programme achievements

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