Ecological Monitoring

State of the Environment monitoring and reporting, carbon sequestration, ecosystem condition, management of covenants and consents, and general environmental monitoring. A wide range of techniques are available, including remote sensing, photopoints, permanent sample plots, fauna counts, transects, pest trapping, and general field inspections.

Hebe odora in flower

Mahoe forest, Tauranga River, Te Urewera National Forest

• Vegetation condition and trends.
• Carbon sequestration.
• State of the Environment monitoring and reporting.
• Effects of introduced pest animals and grazing/browsing.
• Pest plants.
• Threatened species population trends and management requirements.
• Forests.
• Shrubland and grassland.
• Geothermal vegetation.
• Wetland vegetation and fauna.
• Offshore islands.
• Indigenous fish.
• Birds.
• Bats.
• Herpetofauna (Lizards and frogs).
• Invertebrates.