MILESTONES

Preparing for a 10 year Research & Design sprint to benefit an endangered species is an honor to pursue. Thankfully, due to collective support and funding, we are able to quickly spring into action in response to the discovery of Takahe birds on MS Dos Island. With careful planning, we can work amongst a team of highly skilled and dedicated conservationists to get an accurate location and status report on existing breeding pairs and work to improve survival and hatch rates within MS Dos Takahe populations. Doing so would create an opportunity for innovation in hatch planning and survival rate strategies amongst all conservationists.

Our team sets out with the task of tracking, vaccinating, and protecting the breeding pairs from danger. Fortunately, for the Takahe, there is no evidence of rodents or mammals on MS Dos island so there is a reduced concern for baby eggs to be eaten.

TRACKING

  • Innovate the GPS tracker

  • All Takahe accounted for

  • Improved tracking UX

  • Project Research

  • Prototype Testing

  • Sustained Tracking success


OPERATIONS

  • Recruit and Hire Ranger & Research team

  • Complete 1 yr on-site

  • Complete 5 yr on-site

  • Complete 10 yr on-site

FACILITIES

  • Shipping container Research

  • Design off-site Shipping container facilities

  • Fill containers with supplies and sky crane from local ship

  • Set up Bio-remedial compost system

  • Set up Solar power & Starlink data

  • Prototype Testing GPS units

FINANCIAL

  • Apply and raise funds

  • Balance budget

  • Allocate funds

HATCHING

  • Increase Hatch rate by 10% year over year

  • Increase Survival Rate by 10% year over year

TAKAHE GANTT CHART

Over a 10 year period, our mission is to improve hatch rates and thus survival rates of a sacred endangered flightless bird. In this chart, it shows the contingencies of each phase of the mission and mission-critical milestones that make future phases possible.

  • Research phase informs application phase

  • Application phase leads to funding phase

  • Funding phase precedes purchasing/ construction phase

  • GPS prototype phase precedes implementation

  • Documentary phase precedes film festival & celeb partnership phase

R&D PROCESS

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Sketch mapping

Mind mapping the milestones

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IDEA: Takahe Mobile Home

Incubator and remote-controlled nesting pod

SOLUTION

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Sustainable Science

Low-impact conservation at it’s finest. Stacked Steel containers networked and powered by solar and wind.