Connecting knowledge with action

InvasivePest.com is a sister initiative to Sweep Deep, formerly known as Down Deep Drones. Sweep Deep brings together marine and aerial robotics, environmental fieldwork, and practical technology to support invasive species management.

InvasivePest.com extends that purpose through a directory connecting species information, control projects, and the places where work is happening. It helps landholders, researchers, biosecurity teams, and local authorities learn from existing efforts and identify approaches worth investigating.

Supporting the crucial first 72 hours

When a potentially invasive species is detected in a new area, finding relevant information quickly can help teams decide what to do next.

The directory brings project methods, lead organisations, sources, and known limitations together, giving responders a starting point for understanding what has been tried elsewhere.

Every situation requires local expertise. Directory information supports research and planning; suspected incursions should be reported to the relevant biosecurity authority, and control measures assessed against local conditions and requirements.

Built around the supplied evidence

The directory brings together supplied records of sea urchin control and kelp restoration, deer management, and drone-assisted surveys, mapping and monitoring. Project pages present the supplied locations, target species, years active, lead organisations, funding context, known limitations and available source links. Species profiles and location pages help connect related work across Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand and other regions represented in the directory. The directory supports research and comparison; it does not rank or endorse individual control methods.