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The Carbon Opportunity


The Carbon Opportunity

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The Carbon Opportunity


The Carbon Opportunity

ZIP are collaborating with leading scientists on a research project that explores the connection between pest management and carbon storage in our native forests. If we can prove a positive link, it could result in significant gains for conservation, climate, and economy.

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Kea Care


Helping kea thrive

Kea Care


Helping kea thrive

Supporting kea to thrive in the wild is one of the great challenges and privileges of our work. Since 2018, we’ve worked hard to develop an effective approach to protect kea while we eliminate possums, rats and stoats from their habitat.

You can read about this work via the links below.

Papers

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Memory retention of conditioned aversion training in New Zealand's alpine parrot, the kea
Memory retention of conditioned aversion training in New Zealand's alpine parrot, the kea

The Journal of Wildlife Management (2022)

Assessing kea perception of cereal baits using modelling of spectral reflectance
Assessing kea perception of cereal baits using modelling of spectral reflectance

New Zealand Journal of Ecology (2021)

Conditioned aversion in kea to cereal bait: A captive study using anthraquinone
Conditioned aversion in kea to cereal bait: A captive study using anthraquinone

Applied Animal Behaviour Science (2020)

Technical reports

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Technical Report #12: Assessing the use of the ZIP SafeLock trap in the Perth River valley
Technical Report #12: Assessing the use of the ZIP SafeLock trap in the Perth River valley

Briar Cook - April 2020

Technical Report #10: Visual Discernment by kea of different cereal bait types; using a visual model based on parrots
Technical Report #10: Visual Discernment by kea of different cereal bait types; using a visual model based on parrots

Amy Martin and Maggie Nichols, July 2019

Technical Report #9: Tahr carcasses as an attractant over cereal bait for wild kea
Technical Report #9: Tahr carcasses as an attractant over cereal bait for wild kea

Maggie Nichols and Phil Bell, February 2019

Technical Report #8: Kea repellent for cereal bait - a captive study using anthraquinone
Technical Report #8: Kea repellent for cereal bait - a captive study using anthraquinone

Maggie Nichols and Phil Bell, January 2019

Findings

Updates

Media coverage

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Kea delight locals and visitors alike with coastal antics this summer
Kea delight locals and visitors alike with coastal antics this summer

Stuff

Group celebrates tent shredding from Kea
Group celebrates tent shredding from Kea

RNZ National

Vandalism a good sign in kea project
Vandalism a good sign in kea project

Otago Daily Times

Native bird species 'bounce back' as predators eradicated in Westland
Native bird species 'bounce back' as predators eradicated in Westland

Stuff | Christchurch Press

Perth Valley experiment a 'kea saver'
Perth Valley experiment a 'kea saver'

OSPRI

How do kea see 1080 bait?
How do kea see 1080 bait?

The University of Auckland

Can NZ's curious kea be trained to avoid 1080?
Can NZ's curious kea be trained to avoid 1080?

New Zealand Herald

Feeding kea tahr may prevent 1080 deaths
Feeding kea tahr may prevent 1080 deaths

Wilderness Magazine

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Guides


Guides

Guides


Guides

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ZIP Bait Tunnel installation guide
ZIP Bait Tunnel installation guide

For use with MotoLure

ZIP Bait Tunnel installation guide
ZIP Bait Tunnel installation guide

For use with rodent bait

Field Guide: How to install lured trail cameras for predator detection
Field Guide: How to install lured trail cameras for predator detection

An accompanying Finding describes ZIP’s current approach to predator detection using lured trail cameras.

ZIP MotoLure installation guide
ZIP MotoLure installation guide

For detection, pre-feeding and bio-marking

ZIP PosStop installation guide
ZIP PosStop installation guide

 

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Findings


Findings

Findings


Findings

 
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A surprising end to the ZIP200 project to develop an improved rat and stoat trap
A surprising end to the ZIP200 project to develop an improved rat and stoat trap
Assessing the animal welfare performance of the BT200 kill trap for stoats
Assessing the animal welfare performance of the BT200 kill trap for stoats
Assessing the animal welfare performance of the DOC200 kill trap for ship rats
Assessing the animal welfare performance of the DOC200 kill trap for ship rats
Assessing the Perth River (and Scone Creek) as a barrier to rats
Assessing the Perth River (and Scone Creek) as a barrier to rats
Assessing the repellent effect of anthraquinone on captive brushtail possums
Assessing the repellent effect of anthraquinone on captive brushtail possums
Tahr carcasses as an attractive, preferred food for wild kea
Tahr carcasses as an attractive, preferred food for wild kea
Can kea learn to avoid eating cereal baits?
Can kea learn to avoid eating cereal baits?
STOATALLY DETECTABLE: Using trail cameras paired with ZIP MotoLure automated lure dispensers to detect stoats at low density
STOATALLY DETECTABLE: Using trail cameras paired with ZIP MotoLure automated lure dispensers to detect stoats at low density
WHEN POSSUMS GLOW: Identifying limiting factors and quantifying pyranine expression in possums
WHEN POSSUMS GLOW: Identifying limiting factors and quantifying pyranine expression in possums
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT: Investigating light as a potential deterrent for rats
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT: Investigating light as a potential deterrent for rats
Investigating the potential options to repel possums, rats and stoats - a literature review
Investigating the potential options to repel possums, rats and stoats - a literature review
HOW LOW CAN YOU GO? A new approach to predator fencing
HOW LOW CAN YOU GO? A new approach to predator fencing
Assessing the risk to kea in an aerial predator removal operation
Assessing the risk to kea in an aerial predator removal operation
GOODBYE, POSSUMS! A lean network of traps prevents possums re-populating
GOODBYE, POSSUMS! A lean network of traps prevents possums re-populating
FRESH TO DEATH: Dispensing perishable food lures in the field, for months at a time
FRESH TO DEATH: Dispensing perishable food lures in the field, for months at a time
‘1080 to Zero’ trial in South Westland
‘1080 to Zero’ trial in South Westland
1080 TO ZERO: A modified technique for the complete removal of possums and rats
1080 TO ZERO: A modified technique for the complete removal of possums and rats
Are rivers an effective barrier to possum movement?
Are rivers an effective barrier to possum movement?
Optimising spacing of TUN200 traps in a 'virtual barrier' system
Optimising spacing of TUN200 traps in a 'virtual barrier' system
Testing the 'open' architecture TUN200
Testing the 'open' architecture TUN200
Catching more possums using leghold traps with ramps
Catching more possums using leghold traps with ramps
Scent trails and the 'funnel' effect for possums
Scent trails and the 'funnel' effect for possums
Detecting invading stoats at Bottle Rock peninsula
Detecting invading stoats at Bottle Rock peninsula
Using visual lures to attract possums to traps
Using visual lures to attract possums to traps
Targeting the first generation of invading ship rats
Targeting the first generation of invading ship rats
Observing the 'lonely' rat at Bottle Rock peninsula
Observing the 'lonely' rat at Bottle Rock peninsula
Catching more rats using run-through tunnel traps
Catching more rats using run-through tunnel traps
Minimising mouse interference
Minimising mouse interference

Fig. 12 Members of the ZIP field team analyse rat carcasses at the Lincoln Predator Behaviour Facility, February 2019. Bria.jpg

Technical Reports


Technical Reports

Technical Reports


Technical Reports

 

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Papers


Papers

Papers


Papers