The New Zealand Department of Conservation is seeking to combat barriers to compliance with their no dog in National Parks policy. Experts and current literature agree that dogs pose a significant threat to New Zealand’s native fauna. We used surveys and interviews to assess the public’s perceptions of the dog ban in National Parks. While the majority of the population knows about the ban, casual park visitors do not always know the rules while others simply choose to ignore them. We provide recommendations to DOC about how to refine their current communications, develop a national awareness campaign, and improve their Compliance and Law Enforcement system to improve compliance with the ban.

• 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

• Jahnz, Joshua
• Nerkowski, Christopher
• Tribble, Charlie
• Dorman, Nathan

Subject

• Environment
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030223-194241
• 90681

Keyword

• Nelson Lakes
• Dog
• National Park
• New Zealand
• Conservation
• Geography

Advisor

• Miller, Fabienne
• Bhada, Shamsnaz Virani

Year

• 2023

Center

• Wellington, New Zealand Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Laura Boren

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 15 - Life On Land

Date created

• 2023-03-02

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-030223-194241

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-06-07