Community restoration database Auckland

A non-comprehensive database of community native vegetation restoration projects in NZ, mostly focused on Auckland, collated as part of a SCIE701 project at AUT in 2018. Data were harvested from Facebook, Meetup, volunteering websites, face-to-face meetings with Conservation Volunteers NZ, and personal communication with Auckland Council representatives. Data were harvested on organization and funding bodies, location, activities, and habitat. Geographic coordinates of replanting were estimated from location descriptions obtained. Because this dataset contains information on activities on private land, it cannot be made open access. However, we are willing to share anonymized copies of the data upon request (contact [e-mail]). Data fields are: Group_Name (name of community group or organization doing replanting); Source (where was information obtained from); Organiser (Organization providing funding or overarching organization); Private (is replanting on private or public land); Members (number of members in group, if known); Area (general city or region where replanting is occurring); Location_Name (specific location of replanting); Lat (geographic latitutude of replanting, decimal degrees); Long (geographic longitude of replanting, decimal degrees); Link (url of project, if applicable); Description (long form description of project taken from website as applicable); Fencing (Y/N - is fencing taking place as part of project); Weeds (Y/N - is weed control taking place); Planting (Y/N - is native replanting taking place); Tracks (Y/N - is track maintenance taking place); Past_Meetups (how many restoration events have taken place, if known, or in text, how long has restoration been occurring); Future_Meetups (how many events are planned, if known); Iwi_involved (Y/N/NA - are local Iwi involved in restoration, NA if unknown); Ecosystem_Type (description of general ecosystem type as estimated from aerial photographs and surrounds); Nursery (Y/N/NA - do seedlings and plants come from a commercial nursery); Funding (source of funding for project, if known - NA if unknown); Search_Term (search term used to find project details, NA if found through contact with council or directly referred).