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 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