The document discusses a community initiative aimed at tracking the little blue penguin populations in Taranaki through technology and public engagement. It calls for the public to share sightings and historical data to establish a baseline for monitoring penguin survival. The project emphasizes the importance of collecting and visualizing data for effective resource allocation in conservation efforts.

1. Ecology meets Technology
Anne Scott and Elise Smith

2. Eudyptula minor

3. Korora

4. Little Blue Penguin

5. Generational Amnesia

6. Community data is valuable

7. Are your penguins going missing?
Can you help us build the picture of penguin
whereabouts and survival in Taranaki?
We need a baseline to work from.
Any penguin sightings, historical information on their
whereabouts, or photographs, can be shared by
emailing ‘Taranaki Penguins’ or by using the online map
at www.seasense.org.nz

8. Technology provides connectivity

9. Online data gathering and analysis

10. Visualise data from certain dates

11. Decide where to use scarce resources
2011

12. November 2012
footprints of parents returning to the nests

13. Monitoring of penguin nests

15. The interface where
ecology meets technology

16. Acknowledgements
• Andrew Hornblow – Bright Sparks
• MAIN Trust NZ – www.main.net.nz
• Mark Meyburg
http://taranakipenguins.blogspot.co.nz/
• Nga Motu Marine Reserve Society Inc.
www.seasense.org.nz
• Puke Ariki http://www.pukeariki.com/