DOC's work

DOC aims to:

• reduce the removal of valuable food sources for native animals from our forests by wasps;
   
• reduce predation by wasps on native invertebrates and bird nestlings so that the impacts of wasps are insignificant alongside other mortality factors affecting these groups; and
   


DOC works to control wasps at Lake
Rotoiti and Nelson Lakes National Park

• improve the public’s experience when visiting public conservation land.

Rotoiti Nature Recovery Programme

The Rotoiti Nature Recovery Project contains large amounts of beech forest, full of honeydew. Common wasps build up to high densities here in summer. This project is a good example of DOC's work with wasps.