The New Zealand Sea Lion (pakake) population has declined significantly over the past two decades, having led the New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC) to take action in conserving them. The purpose of this project was to prototype an online citizen science platform that enables DOC to monitor the effectiveness of sea lion protection shelters, and also to educate the public. We successfully created a citizen science platform, Sea Lion Aotearoa, on Zooniverse that meets DOC’s requirements. With the interest and assistance of the public, DOC will be able to more accurately monitor pakake populations and how effective the shelters are at protecting them from harsh conditions.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Farnum, Julia
• Spero, Lily
• Kelley, Kaitlin
• Flanagan, Carlie

Subject

• Environment
• Community
• Learning
• Well-Being
• Project-Based Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 50121
• E-project-030722-190229

Keyword

• Conservation
• Online Platform Development
• Sea Lion
• Citizen Science

Advisor

• Lessing, Shana
• Telliel, Yunus Dogan

Year

• 2022

Center

• Wellington, New Zealand Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• New Zealand Department of Conservation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 4 - Quality Education
• 13 - Climate Action
• 14 - Life Below Water
• 15 - Life On Land
• 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Date created

• 2022-03-07

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright