Open Space Management

As a single point of contact for both public organisations and private landowners, we provide integrated biosecurity, biodiversity and pest management services, and work with other specialist providers to achieve the best possible outcomes.

We provide essential biosecurity services to protect New Zealand's unique native and unique ecosystem. Our biosecurity services are tailored to individual environments, including fencing, riparian planting, pest and weed management, predator surveillance, mapping, and monitoring, to protect our unique natural heritage and support our primary and tourism sectors. We deliver a specialist TBfree programme to prevent the spread of Bovine Tuberculosis from infected wildlife such as possums to cattle and dairy herds.

Examples where Downer Greenspace’s has delivered effective pest control are:

Our Greenspace team delivers a range of services that prevent nuisance animals from jeopardising public infrastructure, and important environmental features. These programmes include:

• Culling rabbits in the Avon River Flood bank to prevent damage to the landscape, which can threaten homes and livelihoods.
• Deterring pigeons to prevent their droppings compromising the integrity of metal structures.
• Managing deer and goat populations to stop them damaging carbon sequestration plantations.
• Trapping and poisoning rats which can damage computer cables such as the Shotover Wastewater
Treatment plant.