Image Recognition
The trust received funding via Jobs for Nature to undertake predator and weed control and create a biodiversity corridor between Lake Rotokare and Omoana. The trust’s use of technology isn’t limited to cameras and wifi guiding predator control efforts. By deploying the telemetry bird recorder, they will have access to “all of the data, all of the time,” says Daryl – rather than just when human bird call counters are available and conditions suit. “We’re trying to be self-sustainable after Jobs for Nature, and this is our pathway to get there.”Background informationThe Government’s Jobs for Nature programme is a $1.219 billion COVID-19 recovery investment which aims to benefit New Zealand’s environment, people, and regional communities. It is supercharging the conservation efforts of DOC, iwi and hapū, councils, and the wider community to implement kaitiakitanga.