Project Janszoon welcomes Air NZ biodiversity project

Project Janszoon welcomes Air New Zealand biodiversity project

Project Janszoon is welcoming the announcement today of a new biodiversity project in the north of the Abel Tasman National Park.

Air New Zealand, DOC and Golden Bay’s Manawhenua ki Mohua iwi have announced the joint biodiversity project as part of the airlines conservation work with New Zealand’s Great Walks. The project will expand the stoat trapping network in the north of the Abel Tasman National Park and provide rat and wasp control around the Totaranui campground.

Project Janszoon Director Devon McLean says Air New Zealand’s project is complementary to the work Project Janszoon is already undertaking in the Park.

“Air New Zealand’s support will increase the size of the nearly 16,000ha stoat trapping network we have installed in the Park. Along with other predator control it will mean more native birds can be re-introduced into the Park which will benefit the bio-diversity and ultimately increase visitors enjoyment of the environment,” he says.

Project Janszoon is a privately funded trust working with DOC, the Abel Tasman Birdsong Trust, and local iwi to restore the ecology of the Abel Tasman National Park over a 30-year time frame. Named after the Dutch Explorer Abel “Janszoon” Tasman, the trust aims to reverse the trend of ecological decline in the park by reducing predator numbers and weeds, restoring ecosystems, and re-introducing native birds, animals and plants into a thriving park environment.

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