Register to organise a time
|Within the Whau River Catchment Area
Weed and native plant mapping 2024 (Biodiversity Survey 2024)
Volunteering opportunity - A great project for an environmental and conservation driven group or individual who needs practical experience of identifying plants.
Time & Location
Register to organise a time
Within the Whau River Catchment Area, West Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
About The Event
For Weed and native plant mapping (Biodiversity Survey 2000-25), we need people to take photos of weeds and native plants in various reserves. The photos taken will be downloaded onto an app or the iNaturalist website. No experience is necessary. The app is easy to use and is informative. The more photos you take of the plants the more you learn. A great project for an environmental and conservation driven group or individual who needs practical experience of identifying plants.
The importance of collecting the data is to establish a baseline of the species abundance and richness within the Whau River Catchment and the data will be included in the Environmental Monitoring Programme for 2017 - 25.
The photos (data) taken of the plants will increase our knowledge of what is present and how we can implement plans to support the native plants in the future. We will be able to establish where the native plants within the catchment and where there are weed infestations.
By participating in this volunteering opportunity you are helping achieve the following United Nations Sustainability Goals:
Goal 10 - Reduced inequalities
Goal 11 - Sustainable cities and communities
Goal 12 - Responsible consumption and production
Goal 13 - Climate action
Goal 14 - Life below water
Goal 15 - Life on land