BIODIVERSITY FUND ROUND ONE
NSW
Applicant
Name
Project Title
Project Description
A.M COLEMAN
& L.C COLEMAN
Wilgara Ramsar
restoration &
resilience project
The Wilgara Ramsar Site has the potential to support a large range of biodiversity and thus
capable of storing significant amounts or carbon. However, this ecosystem has suffered
considerably through drought and continues to face increasing pressure from climate
change and over allocation of water resources. This ecosystem needs to adjust to climate
change naturally through building resilience.
ANDREW EGON
KNOP
Building biodiverse
carbon & ecological
resilience on
Mottlecah
Australian River
Restoration
Centre Limited
Rivers of carbon:
Southern
Tablelands riparian
linkages project
The aim of this project is to enhance restoration and regeneration, through a change to
"business as usual" grazing, the introduction of invasive species management programs
and pivotal to this will be the introduction of a comprehensive monitoring program which
will feed back into the overall adaptive management of this site.
Mottlecah has 809ha of high conservation value native woodlands impacted by exotic plant
competition and feral animal disturbance. This project will monitor and manage pest
animal and exotic plants to reduce invasive species impact and undertake revegetation to
enhance native plant and structural diversity. Activities include:
1) managing total grazing pressure to promote native plant growth and suppress exotic
plant regeneration;
2) monitoring and managing emergent and established invasive plant populations using
low disturbance management techniques;
3) monitoring and managing pest animal population;
4) revegetation enhancement in strategic areas;
5) monitoring changes to native plant density, diversity and structure.
'Rivers of Carbon' will work in partnership with landholders, NRM Regional Bodies and
other organisations in the Southern Tablelands region to link remnant vegetation and
previously rehabilitated sites to form intact riparian corridors. The project will also extend
riparian corridors into the wider terrestrial landscape to facilitate species movement in the
face of climate change, as well as leveraging biodiverse Carbon Farming Initiatives in these
highly productive areas. Science and local knowledge will be used to identify priority areas
for on-ground works, and will focus on important threatened species habitat. The project is
a collaboration between the Australian River Restoration Centre and Greening Australia
Capital Region.
Funding Length
(years)
6
Total Funding ($)
6
97,000
6
1,909,000
779,600
AUSTRALIAN
TRUST FOR
CONSERVATION
VOLUNTEERS
Kangaroo Valley,
Brogers Creek
private property
restoration projects
BALLINA SHIRE
COUNCIL
Lennox headland
littoral rainforest
restoration project
BOELGI
PASTORAL CO.
PTY. LTD.
Linking retained
fragmented
vegetation areas to
create connected
corridors
Border RiversGwydir
Catchment
Management
Authority
Revegetate
ecological
communities,
control threats &
increase
connectivity
In many rural communities, the population is declining and so too are the number of
volunteers. This project aims to increase the number of people involved in NRM activities
in the area of the headwaters of the Brogers Creek in Kangaroo Valley. Activities address
weed invasion, habitat and catchment degradation and water quality issues within the
catchment.
The project has five landholders currently committed to take part in this program. There is
significant local interest and potential to expand connectivity through the project if
additional funding is available in subsequent rounds.
This project is an important component of joint community and Ballina Council efforts to
restore 50 hectares of high conservation value native vegetation, reconnecting habitat in a
fragmented coastal landscape. The project will protect, restore and extend 7 has of littoral
rainforest on public land on a coastal headland in northern NSW. Bush regeneration will
reduce the threat of weeds in 2 has of disturbed littoral rainforest. The remnant will be
expanded by five hectares by planting 10,000 mixed locally occurring native plant species in
gaps and amongst scattered isolated natives plants and a 1 km long wallaby proof fence
erected to protect the plantings.
The project will facilitate linking of retained fragmented vegetation areas on a large
pastoral property to create connected corridors. It will enable fencing of existing native
vegetation, biodiverse planting of locally appropriate vegetation species and management
of invasive species within these connected corridors. The project, by connecting retained
vegetation areas with newly created linked corridors, will establish an entirely connected
landscape on the property. Successful completion will enable native species to move
through created vegetation corridors within the property. The project will also create
management strategies and facilities to allow the ongoing management of these
vegetation corridors and threatened species.
A broad consortium of natural resource management organisations and individuals has
developed a vision for an increase in connectivity and agricultural productivity across the
eco-climatic gradients in Northern NSW (New England Regeneration). The Tycannah and
Gurley Creeks landscape connectivity project will increase connectivity in one key
landscape of this area, linking the Darling Riverine Plains to the western slopes of the Great
Dividing Range. The project will protect important remnants of threatened ecological
communities, increase the condition of scattered remnants, control key threats and
increase connectivity through revegetation of 1150ha of stepping stones and habitat
blocks.
2
6
167,400
3
121,400
4
214,700
6
2,260,600
Border RiversGwydir
Catchment
Management
Authority
Border RiversGwydir biodiverse
riparian linkages
BP BARDON &
DM BARDON
Future landscapes:
Improving
connectivity, soil,
habitat &
waterways
The highest value commercial and environmental return on investment for revegetation
effort in the Border Rivers-Gwydir Catchment will be achieved in creating bio-diverse
habitat linkages in and adjacent riparian zones, benefiting soil, water, atmosphere and
biodiversity. This Project will employ a Property Management Planner/Project Leader to
teach landholders the sustainability threshold theory which supports this fact; and to assist
landholders to fence, protect, revegetate and provide alternative stock water along 175
kilometres of priority riparian zones, at least 100 metres wide. A locally endemic seed
collection contract, priority area modelling and wide-line direct seeding technology will be
used to optimise the cost and benefit.
The project will plant an additional 2000 trees and shrubs on private land across two sites
that are on the bench of the Eusdale Creek. These two sites have lost their native flora
coverage due to farming and grazing practices of the past and as a result have become
heavily weed infested and fragmented from the adjoining lands which have significant
environmental value in the local area.
6
2,757,000
4
30,400
5
15,000
4
688,100
Proven planting alliances for the region will be utilised to both restore native plantings and
to give the best possible chance of survival which in turn will have an impact on creek
health, wildlife habitat and connection to the wider environment.
BURRALONG
VALLEY PTY
LIMITED
Restoration,
revegetation &
protection of the
Wollombi Brook,
Burralong Valley
Central West
Catchment
Management
Authority
Improving
ecosystem
connectivity &
landscape
resilience
The project has 3 main phases over 4 years: Site Preparation; Planting; and Management
and Monitoring
This project will see the revegetation and strengthening of both the riparian zone and
waterway of the Wollombi Brook where it travels through "Burralong Valley". The Brook
and its surrounds host many native species including, but not restricted to Wombats,
Platypus, Australian Bass and Turtles. In particular, the project aims to address specific
threats to the Brook's wellbeing including; erosion of the toe of the Brook's bank (requiring
shoring and planting of long stem tube stock), erosion and lack of indigenous species within
the riparian zone (requiring planting of upper, mid and understory species) and the threat
of invasive species - notably Salvinia and Blackberry (requiring both manual removal and
spot spraying).
The project will address a number of key threatening processors to the riparian
environment as well as enhancing ecosystem connectivity and carbon stores with a view to
ultimately building landscape resilience.
Private landholders within targeted areas of the Fish river catchment will be offered
financial incentives and technical support to protect and enhance ecologically sensitive
areas and manage/ control invasive species that threaten biodiversity. Revegetation
activities will be undertaken to build landscape resilience and establish wildlife corridors
linking high conservation value riparian lands to significant remnant areas and public
reserves. A series of workshops detailing specific riparian management issues will be
undertaken.
3
Central West
Catchment
Management
Authority
Protecting &
enhancing
biodiverse carbon
stores in central
western woodlands
Christopher Best
Rehabilitation &
restoration of
endangered
ecological
community,
Tyagarah
CLARENCE
LANDCARE INC
Clarence Valley
biodiversity
resource support
project
Clarence Valley
Council
The living Clarence:
Revegetation of
habitat
fragmentation &
biodiversity
Protect, enhance and restore remnant vegetation on private land in identified areas of
regional significance. These areas provide an existing framework of connective corridors on
public lands linking iconic national reserves. Catchment Action Plan (CAP) consultation and
scientific research identified that expansion and buffering these areas onto adjacent
private lands will provide the greatest improvement of ecological function and landscape
resilience within our catchment area.
Private landholders in the target area will be provided funding and technical support to
improve floristic and structural diversity in native ecosystems, manage invasive species,
preserve habitat features and restore connective corridors of indigenous species.
The ecological restoration of approximately 9 Hectares of Sub-tropical Coastal floodplain
forest in the catchment of Simpsons Creek. The project will address;
• Degradation caused by historical management practices
• Reduction of native habitat through invasion by exotic plant species
• Distribution of exotic species through flood events
• Natural aging of some endemic species and the need for replacement with diverse range
of native species. Older endemic species are most vulnerable around the perimeter of the
project area.
• Provision of habitat and food sources for endemic fauna especially within a recognised
Koala habitat.
This project aims to establish a coordinated approach to seed collection, storage and
dissemination to biodiversity projects. The Clarence River Coastal Floodplain is a highly
cleared, very fragmented, low reserved area of high intensity agricultural production. There
is an urgent need to conserve remaining freehold vegetation, revegetate priority areas and
link remnants. Opportunities for re - establishing vegetation are mainly on private land
(sugarcane, grazing & peri urban farms ). Riparian vegetation on the Coastal Floodplain is
limited to either a few reserved remnants that are in danger of decline or exist on private
properties, mainly farming land with intact riparian vegetation and remnant stands.
This revegetation project will address habitat fragmentation, biodiversity loss and riparian
degradation in rural and peri-urban landscapes on the Clarence floodplain through onground works and extension.
This project will expand and reconnect 18 priority riparian and wetland sites identified in
Council’s Biodiversity Strategy and Riparian Action Strategy.
Biodiverse native vegetation will be established with over 8400 plants made up of over 26
species of riparian and wetland plants. Threats such as invasive weeds, pests and stock will
be removed.
Landholder capacity will be built and management plans will ensure that outcomes are
maintained beyond the project duration.
4
6
1,440,000
6
44,400
3
123,000
4
223,300
CO2 AUSTRALIA
LIMITED
D.S RAWLINSON
& V ZACCARI
Biodiversity
enrichment of
Australia's largest
commercial carbon
forest estate
The project will research, map, design and implement targeted biodiversity enhancements
across Australia’s largest commercial forest carbon sink estate. Delivered across four
properties in NSW, the project directly addresses Themes 1 and 2 of the Biodiversity Fund
Round 1 Guidelines. CO2 Australia manages a 25,000 ha estate across 30 properties in
Australia’s highly fragmented wheat-sheep belt.
Restoring &
enhancing
biodiversity in a
piece of the
Macdonald Valley
This project will demonstrate the integration of biodiversity outcomes with large-scale
commercial carbon plantings creating a unique partnership between a for-profit
commercial entity and the government. A partnership of this nature and scale has not been
attempted outside the not-for-profit sector.
This project supports the recovery of indigenous plant communities on a 60 acre rural
property (Lot 16) that fronts on to 1.5km of the Macdonald River and is flanked by the
Great Blue Mountains World Heritage Area through the eradication of invasive weeds,
revegetation of those areas and those previously damaged by stock and the restriction of
stock to appropriate designated areas.
Department of
Environment
Climate Change
Energy and
Water (ACT)
Departmental
Building restored
resilient landscapes
in the ACT &
greater
Goorooyarroo
DEPARTMENT
OF TRADE &
INVESTMENT
REGIONAL
INFRASTRUCTU
RE AND
SERVICES
Connecting riverine
communities in the
Namoi
Building on previous riverbank rehabilitation work undertaken in 2009 -10 and experience
gained from it, this project will improve the ecological health of the environment in a small
but critical area that will serve to restore and connect a landscape that has been severed
by ribbon development along the Macdonald River since early white settlement.
This project will consolidate and connect the largest remaining box-gum grassy woodland
landscape in Australia (60,000 ha), enhancing a biodiverse and carbon storing landscape,
resilient to climate change. Diverse stakeholders in the ACT region will develop a shared
restoration vision, implemented through targeted on-ground restoration and regeneration
works that harness proven and effective methods, and community capacities. The project
will directly tackle key threats and will be an exemplar of innovative cross-border, crosstenure and community engagement approaches. It will encompass the best conservation
and carbon storage outcomes for this large endangered woodland landscape and it’s
threatened species.
Connecting Riverine Communities in the Namoi is a collaborative project between NSW DPI
and Namoi CMA that will address the loss and degradation of riparian and aquatic habitat
along a 150km (600Ha) priority reach of the Namoi River. The project will strengthen
partnerships with local landholders and community groups to plant native riparian and
aquatic vegetation, protect remnant native vegetation through stock management, and
control invasive weeds. These activities will enhance the resilience of the local ecosystem,
helping to improve the connectivity, abundance and distribution of native flora and fauna
in the Namoi, whilst sequestering 120,000 – 312,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents
per year.
5
6
1,556,500
6
175,700
6
2,155,000
3
2,589,900
E.M ELPHICK &
R.W ELPHICK
Creating corridors
& restoring the
missing links at
Dingo Bend
Six management units have been identified (see attached map of registered property
agreement area TR9906RP) as untreated and infested with invasive environmental and
noxious weeds such as Lantana, Camphor Laurel, Small and Large Leaved Privet, Tobacco
Bush, Moth Vine and Cats Claw Vine.
3
18,300
4
690,000
3
370,000
Assistance is sought to fund additional weed management activities in areas 5 & 7 (Area 7
is not part of TR9906RP but adjoining, fenced, re vegetating private land) for the next three
years using the labour of ourselves and two experienced bush regenerators. It includes the
purchase of herbicides and tools required to complete the task outlined.
ENVITE INC
Coastal corridor
enhancement
through
restoration,
propagation &
revegetation
FRIENDS OF
EUROBODALLA
REGIONAL
BOTANIC
GARDENS
Eurobodalla
regional seed bank
This will create additional wildlife corridors, free from invasive weeds throughout our
property.
The project will extend, connect and restore high conservation value vegetation at over 22
sites along the NSW north coast. Strategic revegetation and regeneration work will be
implemented in partnership with community groups and landholders to enhance
vegetation connectivity, condition and habitat. Five coastal propagation and revegetation
workshops will build capacity of groups to grow local plants and undertake revegetation
enhancing biodiverse carbon stores. A Coastal Propagation and Revegetation Manual will
be produced and distributed to all North Coast coastal groups. Professional bush
regenerators working with local groups at work sites will build community capacity and
contribute to sustainable restoration outcomes over 643 ha.
Propagation efforts at the Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Gardens (ERBG) and delivery of
tubestock for landscape restoration projects are limited by the availability of a reliable
supply of seed.
This project proposes to:
*establish & equip a regional seed bank including a dedicated treatment & storage pod to
house a diverse supply of local provenance seed stock
*employ a suitably qualified officer to set up the seed bank & train volunteers in quality
control & viability analysis techniques for a period of 3 years while the bank establishes
*investigate the capacity of the ERBG & partner organisations to meet the increasing
demand for local provenance stock & identify barriers to supplying greater diversity &
quantities for revegetation
6
Gillian Turner
Transforming a
cattle grazing
paddock into a
carbon rich
biodiverse area
GLENRAC
INCORPORATED
Control of honey
locust to increase
biodiversity &
enhance
conservation values
GOULBURN
BROKEN
CATCHMENT
MANAGEMENT
AUTHORITY
Revegetation of
Sand Ridge
woodlands
GRAHAM
CHARLES
WATSON
Restoration of
biodiversity along
subtropical
rainforest wildlife
corridor
The 38 hectare stock grazing property is traversed by two parallel creeks joining to flow
into the Camden Haven River. They are partially lined by native vegetation but also by
privet and camphor laurel. The project is to protect the 14 hectare water course area
converting it into sanctuary of biodiversity and carbon storage becoming an educational
model
1.7.12 - 1.1.13 -The 14 hectares will be fenced to protect the creeks from cattle. The weeds
will be treated by spraying, cutting and painting with 10% Glyphosate. Erosion will be
controlled increasing water quality.
From 1.1.13 - 1.7.13 Ground will be prepared and then planted with 6000 native trees and
shrubs.
1.7.13 - 1.1.14 Repeat weed control, replace failed plantings
This project seeks to control core infestations of honey locust on the Mann and Severn
Rivers located near Glen Innes in northern NSW. The project will combine works on both
public and private land in a cooperative effort to control this weed over approx. 170km of
river frontage.
Honey locust has been identified as an emerging weed threat along both rivers and
adjoining areas of the National Reserve System. Control activities will significantly improve
the overall habitat of the threatened species that inhabit the local area and allow for
regeneration of native flora species displaced by honey locust. The Glen Innes area is the
headwaters for both eastern and western flowing waters, control here will restrict its
further spread downstream
This project will implement activities to revegetate and protect rare, unique, endangered
and degraded Sand Woodland ecosystems that are associated with the Murray and
Goulburn River systems. Revegetation will expand the extent and connectivity of these
ecosystems, provide linkages to fragmented remnants on farmland, and play a role in
securing natural stores of carbon. These sites are also of high Indigenous cultural
significance, and are often associated with occupation and burials. The project will actively
engage Yorta Yorta Indigenous work crews in carbon sequestration/ revegetation projects
and cultural heritage management.
This project addresses all three Biodiversity Fund investment themes. It will remove
dominant, woody, invasive species from the slopes of a ridgeline wildlife corridor which
connects two adjacent National parks. The removal will prevent the potential spread of
those species into the Parks and the project will also prevent any invasive species recolonization of the corridor (theme 3). It will supplement germination of native plants from
the exposed seed bank with a substantial planting of appropriate native species to restore
historical structural rainforest types (theme 1). The project will control native vines to
ensure that these species do not interfere with the restoration of the condition and
function of the project area (theme 2).
7
1
60,800
3
109,300
6
5
2,673,000
204,000
GRANITE
BORDERS
LANDCARE
COMMITTEE
INCORPORATED
Sunnyside
biodiversity project
GREAT LAKES
COUNCIL
Tops to lakes
initiative:
Restoration &
enhancement of
acquired wetlands
GREAT LAKES
COUNCIL
Enhance ecosystem
resilience & protect
biodiversity in the
Great Lakes
GREENING
AUSTRALIA
(CAPITAL
REGION) LTD
To establish,
restore, protect &
manage box gum
woodland
environments
GWYMAC
INCORPORATED
Connecting
vegetation &
ecological
communities in the
Macintyre
catchment
The project is focused on restoring the habitat and biodiversity values of a two hectare site
within the large Sunnyside Stock Reserve, an important north-south wildlife corridor
The 2 main issues we have to address is to eliminate African Lovegrass and fence the trial
area from feral animals
The Lovegrass will be replaced with native grasses and food and shelter trees and shrubs
will be planted. These will be chosen for their suitability to withstand climate change.
This restored area will provide food and protection for native fauna as Lovegrass has no
seed for birds and they will not use this abrasive material for nest building.
The Tops to Lakes Initiative aims to re-connect landscapes across the Great Lakes and
enhance the condition and function of natural landscapes for ecosystem services and
biodiversity conservation. As part of the Initiative, Council has recently secured by
acquisition three separate wetland habitats. This project seeks to revegetate the currently
cleared parts of the acquired lands with biodiverse native plantings, assist protect and
enhance the native vegetation and manage and control invasive pests and weeds that
inhibit natural regeneration. This project will contribute to strategic biodiversity
conservation, enhance sub-regional conservation connectivity, improve ecosystem services
provisions and sequester carbon in protected lands.
The project will focus on landscape scale, cross-tenure weed treatment programs to
manage threats to biodiversity, while protecting & enhancing native habitat in the Great
Lakes area. Great Lakes Council (GLC) has formed effective & cooperative partnerships with
state government, non-government & community stakeholders to enable the delivery of
strategic weed treatment programs across a coastline which is largely connected by native
vegetation & national parks. GLC will coordinate with partners to target landscapes &
weeds posing the most significant risk to high conservation areas & carbon values;
including on-ground treatment programs & innovative community education &
empowerment activities to address weed threats at their source.
Over clearing in Box-Gum Woodlands are limiting their ability to adapt to a changing
climate. We will secure multiple resilient and biodiverse woodlands across NSW by
increasing cover, enhancing connectivity and improving condition in existing remnants.
Revegetation sites under 10 year management agreements with property owners will be
established. A suite of restoration methods will be piloted and rolled out at different scales
to address paddock tree decline, create corridor linkages, increase groundcover species
diversity, trigger natural regeneration and improve carbon outcomes. Long term multiple
benefits will capture natural stores of carbon and improve landscape-scale biodiversity.
This project will address the issue of isolated paddock trees and disconnected vegetation
through enhancing connectivity of native habitat in the Macintyre Catchment through
revegetation. It will also contribute to managing threats to native vegetation through pest
animal and pest weed species. The project will work with a minimum of 40 land holdings
over a 6 year period. Seedlings planted under revegetation activities will be selected based
on local provenance, long term sustainability and survival. Eight extension activities will
increase community capacity on critical threats to native vegetation, effective vertebrate
pest management, biodiversity and best practice establishment of landscape connectivity.
8
5
13,300
4
396,900
6
785,000
6
2,275,000
6
346,600
H GODFREE & R
GODFREE
Restoration &
enhancement of
riverine, riparian &
woodland habitats
HAWKESBURY
CITY COUNCIL
Hawkesbury River
biodiversity
restoration project
HawkesburyNepean
Catchment
Management
Authority
Enhance condition
& connectivity of
native vegetation in
Blue Mountains
HawkesburyNepean
Catchment
Management
Authority
Enhance condition
& connectivity of
native vegetation in
Nepean sub
catchment
HOLBROOK
LANDCARE
GROUP
Carbon plantings in
Slopes to Summit
to improve
connectivity &
habitat gaps
Waterways, riparian systems and grassy woodlands have been highly degraded across
much of Australia by land clearing, farming, construction, invasion by introduced weeds,
and climate change. This project would restore and enhance degraded riparian and
woodland ecosystems on two properties that lie adjacent to Mt Kaputar National Park in
the Nandewar Bioregion of NSW, with a view to providing long-term benefits for
biodiversity. The project is motivated by ongoing deterioration of these habitats by
siltation, erosion, drought, and weed invasion.
Many issues threaten biodiversity and fragment vegetation in the Hawkesbury. As part of
our Community Strategic plan we aim to protect community land for the purposes of
recreation and protecting the environment. Issues that directly threaten biodiversity
include; weed invasion, vandalism, erosion and encroaching development. Hawkesbury
currently undertakes bush regeneration activities including revegetation to ameliorate
specifically weed invasion and erosion. Increasingly Council is implementing fencing &
pathway projects to prevent vehicular access and promote appropriate access and usage of
our reserves. These projects have been largely successful encouraging and promoting use
by the community and natural regeneration.
The extent, condition and connectivity of native vegetation in the Blue Mountains Western
Landscape will be enhanced through management of invasive species and other
threatening processes, assisted regeneration and targeted revegetation. Priority sites will
include TECs/EECs, threatened species habitat, mapped biodiversity corridors, riparian
corridors and linkages to the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. The HNCMA
will utilise effective and established partnerships with community and institutional
stakeholders to deliver the desired biodiversity outcomes based on existing mapping,
strategies and landholder capacity and best practice NRM techniques.
The extent, condition and connectivity of native vegetation in the Lower Hawkesbury
Nepean Landscape will be enhanced through management of weeds and other threaten
processes, assisted regeneration and targeted revegetation. Priority sites will include
TECs/EECs, mapped biodiversity corridors, riparian corridors and linkages to the Greater
Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. The HNCMA will utilise effective partnerships with
community and institutional stakeholders to deliver the desired biodiversity outcomes
based on existing mapping, strategies and landholder capacity. As significant land
managers in this region, the Aboriginal community will be encouraged to participate on
their own lands and to build environmental management skills .
In agricultural landscapes, NRM typically concentrates on protecting large remnants, with
smaller remnants and linear features over multiple properties prohibitively difficult to
protect. This Slopes to Summit (S2S) partnership project provides the opportunity to pilot a
collaborative approach to rehabilitation work to address this existing gap in this
ecologically significant area of southern NSW. Part of the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative,
S2S has identified 7 priority areas for connectivity conservation and climate refugia. With
cross property planning, this project will prioritise revegetation for carbon gain and
connectivity between large woodland remnants, while safeguarding and restoring source
areas for habitat specialists.
9
3
18,800
6
600,000
6
2,500,000
6
2,533,000
6
2,297,000
Hunter-Central
Rivers
Catchment
Management
Authority
Improving
landscape
connectivity &
biodiversity for
climate change
adaptation
HUNTER
COUNCILS
INCORPORATED
Investing in the
future: Targeted
partnerships
towards
biodiversity
INVASIVE
ANIMALS LTD
Protecting the
endangered
malleefowl from
introduced
predators near
Mount Hope
James Mayson
Enhancing
biodiversity &
protecting
threatened species
The project will improve landscape connectivity and resilience to potential impacts of
climate change through partnerships with landholders in strategic areas. The project will
aim to decrease fragmentation of habitat (vegetation cover) in strategic areas (corridors)
through creating "stepping stones" in gaps between areas of extensive remnant native
vegetation and enhancing biodiversity habitat in corridors and particularly around key
natural assets including the Myall Lakes and Hunter Estuary Ramsar sites, World Heritage
areas of Barrington Tops and the Northern Greater Blue Mountains, and habitat for species
of national conservation significance.
The project will produce an innovative and much needed Biodiversity Investment
Prospectus to leverage and stimulate public and private investment in large scale
connectivity conservation. The Biodiversity Investment Prospectus represents a shift away
from isolated sponsorships and government grants, into targeted investments and
partnerships resulting in meaningful on-ground works that will actively strengthen and
enhance the National Corridors Network. The Prospectus will build on the extensive
regional repository of data, expertise and partnerships between the 14 councils in the
region, to stimulate investment in bio-diverse carbon plantings across approximately
4,000,000 hectares of the Hunter and Central Coast region.
A recent aerial survey undertaken by the Lachlan CMA revealed a breeding population of
endangered Malleefowl on "Kilparney Station" near Mt. Hope NSW, and 40km south of
Kilparney are the Nombinnie and Round Hill Nature Reserves where Malleefowl also exist.
Two of the largest threats to the survival of the Malleefowl in the region are habitat
fragmentation and predation by introduced predators. Although a large area of intact
remnant vegetation still connects the two areas, predators such as feral pigs and foxes are
abundant. The predator management programme championed by this project will protect
existing Malleefowl populations and permit their expansion via the creation of a predator
free land bridge between the two areas.
Byron Shire is on the southern edge of the Border Ranges - a biodiversity 'hotspot' and the
most biologically diverse area in NSW, supporting the highest number of rare and
threatened species in the State. The project sites around Keys Bridge Wilsons Creek are
identified by Byron Shire Council as containing HCV vegetation and is part of a wildlife
corridor. Key threatening processes endangering local biodiversity include habitat
loss/modification placing further stress on TS and EEC's. HCV and remnant vegetation is
being degraded by introduced weed species. Maintaining and improving ecological
connectivity to facilitate flora and fauna movement between areas of native habitat is vital
to conservation of local biodiversity.
10
6
2,400,000
3
539,000
4
870,000
5
98,100
JL English
Protection &
enhancement of
biodiversity within
box gum grassy
woodland
KEITH ARNOLD
NEWNHAM
Regeneration of
subtropical
rainforest &
biodiverse
plantings
KEMPSEY SHIRE
COUNCIL
The Upper Belmore
River riparian
rehabilitation
project
KIAMA
MUNICIPAL
COUNCIL
Building corridors
for biodiversity,
carbon stores &
livestock shelter
Protect existing BGGW remnant health and biodiversity by reducing threats (overgrazing,
feral animals, weed invasion, fallen timber and litter removal) through:
1. Fencing to reduce stock movement and reduce nutrient enrichment through stock
camps around existing trees
2. Manipulate pasture composition through introduction of native grass seed, grazing
management and reducing nutrient enrichment.
3. Controlled baiting of feral animals and physical control
4. Physical and chemical removal of introduced weeds
5. Maintenance of fallen timber and litter
Enhance area through:
1. scattered tree plantings within existing remnant
2. improved connectivity through planting of tree corridors to link existing remnant with
neighbouring vegetation
Fence Corridor to exclude cattle from creek to enable biodiverse environmental corridor to
be established along creek. Provide alternate water source for cattle. Rehabilitate
degraded rainforest, identify and nurture local species seedlings 7.5 Ha east section.
Establish biodiverse planting in west section of creek frontage to top of the Alstonville
plateau with local rainforest species. Rehabilitate creek, provide stone gabion baskets to
repair erosion, slow flow rate, trap silt.length750m. Selectively remove invasive species
camphor laurel/lantana etc from corridor. The far east section is on separate title, and will
be the subject of a later stage project and will take corridor to the floor of the Uralba Valley
adjacent to Uralba Reserve
The Upper Belmore River Riparian Rehabilitation Project (UBRRRP) has been developed in
partnership between Kempsey Shire Council (KSC) and landholders connected to a five (5)
km stretch of the Upper Belmore River, NSW.
The UBRRRP is an environmental rehabilitation project addressing invasive weed
management, re-establishment of native riparian vegetation, abate riverbank erosion with
the aim of expanding the extent of native habitats in a fragmented coastal floodplain
environment, improving biological diversity and environmental water quality conditions.
The UBRRRP ‘Implementation Strategy 2011’ is a consensus-based strategy and developed
in compliance with the Upper Belmore River Floodplain Management Strategy (2000).
This project will focus on establishing vegetation corridors on cleared farming land in
Kangaroo Valley, linking riparian corridors with on farm remnants and escarpment
vegetation. The establishment of 10km of corridors and 10,000 tubestock will improve
biodiversity on farm, build carbon stores and create shelter for livestock. This project will
compliment the Sustainable Grazing Program currently being delivered by the Small Farms
Network which builds soil carbon and improves water quality through improved grazing
management practices.
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3
9,900
4
92,800
3
50,000
3
132,000
KIRK DOUGLAS
STONE
Protection &
enhancement of
box woodland &
native wetland
regeneration
KOGARAH CITY
COUNCIL
Oatley Bay Creek
rehabilitation
project
Lachlan
Catchment
Management
Authority
The great western
expressway: Reconnect native
ecosystems along
Conapaira Range
Lachlan
Catchment
Management
Authority
Community
connections for a
resilient future
The property has significant existing stands, but more areas should be protected and areas
must be linked. The project will protect and enhance a further 51Ha of ecologically
endangered Box Woodland through exclusion fencing and weed and vermin control. It will
link remnant stands with 13Ha of corridors to form a connected landscape planted with
regional native species. Stock exclusion fencing of a substantial section of Mountain Creek
(15 ha) will re-establish native wetland. This project is significant as it will protect large
areas of Box Woodlands and wet land environments, enlarge the current 26ha community
seed nursery, reduce fragmentation of new and established stands, increase water quality
and increase carbon capture/storage.
The Oatley Bay Creek runs the length of Poulton Park and is located along the Georges
River. Due to the history of heavy urbanisation in the area it has the only section of
remaining natural creek line within the local government area, although the southern half
of the creek was relocated in 1960 for sporting fields. The Oatley Bay Creek Rehabilitation
Project aims to restore, increase and connect ecosystems and habitat areas within the
Kogarah LGA, particularly within Poulton Park. This will be achieved by the removal of
industrial rubbish (from the 60’s), removal of invasive plant species, stabilisation of the
banks and replanting native vegetation. It will also focus on minimising the disturbances
that cause these conditions.
Lachlan CMA’s “The Great Western Expressway” promotes the aims of the Biodiversity
Fund Theme 1 strategy to expand the extent of native habitats in a fragmented landscape.
The rural landscape of the western Lachlan Catchment is one of the most fragmented and
cleared agricultural regions of Australia. This project will facilitate and further develop
existing partnerships to implement biodiverse plantings of native mixed species to reconnect native ecosystems along the Conapaira Range. The improvement of connections
between remnant native vegetation on public and private lands will facilitate strong
capacity building to ensure the life of the project is far-reaching.
Lachlan CMA’s “Community Connections for a Resilient Future” promotes the aims of the
Biodiversity Fund Theme 1 strategy to expand the extent of native habitats in a fragmented
landscape. The rural landscape of the Lachlan Catchment is one of the most fragmented
and cleared agricultural regions of Australia. This project will facilitate and further develop
existing partnerships to implement biodiverse plantings of native mixed species to reconnect native ecosystems across a fragmented landscape. The improvement of
connections between remnant native vegetation on public and private lands will facilitate
strong capacity building to ensure the life of the project is far-reaching.
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3
72,688
4
88,000
3
464,000
3
920,000
LANDCARE
AUSTRALIA
LIMITED
Biodiversity &
environmental
education at
Bundanon
LANDCARE
ILLAWARRA
Protecting Illawarra
endangered
ecological
communities
LITTLE RIVER
LANDCARE
GROUP
Repairing the links
with rivers & rocks,
Little River
catchment
LIVERPOOL
PLAINS LAND
MANAGEMENT
INCORPORATED
Building landscape
carbon & providing
a safe haven for
Liverpool Plains
koalas
Landcare Australia, Bundanon Trust, Greening Australia and Southern Rivers CMA are
partnering to increase biodiversity and reconnect native habitat in the Shoalhaven River
catchment of NSW. The project will focus on 1100ha of land uniquely gifted to the
Australian people by the artist, Arthur Boyd and family. Approximately 50,000 visitors,
students and environmental volunteers annually participate in Bundanon programs and
benefits will extend well beyond the property through community engagement and
education. The project will also demonstrate how revegetation of degraded grazing areas
for carbon credits can be practically integrated with the Trust’s commercial cattle
enterprise.
Conservation with landholders to protect two important EECs will aim to address issues
such as:
Separation of species' populations leading to reiterative inbreeding & loss of genetic
diversity
Loss of genetic diversity in rainforest & woodland remnants (two Illawarra EECs) as species
fail to recruit new generations
Loss of connectivity and high levels of fragmentation of remnant vegetation within the
rural landscape
Loss of biodiversity due to the impacts of invasive weeds
Through strategies such as:
Seed collection, propagation & planting across the region to increase the resilience of these
two EECs
Support to landholders for revegetation & bush regeneration activities to protect
biodiversity
Complement existing biodiversity programs
The Repairing the Links with Rivers and Rocks Project builds will extend connectivity
through riparian zones and rocky outcrops across the Little River catchment in NSW over 3
years. The project will provide incentive funding to assist landholders to fence off and
exclude stock from 150km of riparian zones and rocky outcrops, undertake revegetation
activities and assist with invasive species management. 1000 land managers will participate
in capacity building programs that will offer long term outcomes to improve the resilience
of our ecosystems to the impact of climate change and increase biodiverse carbon stores
across 22,500ha of the Little River catchment landscape.
LPLM and constituent Landcare groups led a large-scale tree planting program in the 1990s.
20 years on, our recent research project has shown the improved and enlarged koala
habitat produced has seen an increased koala population considered the healthiest in SE
Australia (see http://www.lplmc.com.au/koalareport.html). We also found that Liverpool
Plains (LP) koalas suffer high mortalities during heat waves/droughts, and are further
threatened by habitat loss from proposed land clearing for large scale coal mining.
Current interest in landscape carbon allows this project to enhance, extend and protect
Box Gum Woodland, with particular emphasis on linking/enhancing cross-tenure remnants.
Woodland birds and other native fauna will also benefit.
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4
450,000
6
455,000
3
1,088,000
3
368,400
Lower MurrayDarling
Catchment
Management
Authority
Managing athel
pine infestations
M E White Pty
Limited
Expanding
sanctuary
plantation forest &
remnant gully
forest by 14.96 ha
MACLEAY
LANDCARE
NETWORK
INCORPORATED
Maria River habitat
recovery project
MAITLAND CITY
COUNCIL
Revegetating 3km
drainage line
linking Tenambit
Wetland to Hunter
River
MAITLAND CITY
COUNCIL
Protect endangered
vegetation & new
wildlife corridor
from African olive
This project will reduce the impact of Athel Pine, a Weed of National Significance (WoNS),
on the biodiversity of the nationally significant Menindee Lakes system, Kinchega National
Park, the Darling River and associated wetlands. Through multi stakeholder collaboration
the project will achieve best practice awareness raising, mapping, removal and monitoring
of Athel Pine and will engage communities in biodiversity protection. This project will see a
substantial reduction of the threat of Athel Pine spread that will assist in the protection of
approximately 84 NSW listed threatened species and be maintained beyond the life of the
program through management agreements with landholders.
A Forestry Joint Venture Agreement JVA # (WAO 018) made by a previous owner will be
cancelled & the 14.96ha of compatible eucalypt species will be added to the existing
55.77ha. An additional 2ha of native forest will also be added to the in perpetuity
covenant to achieve the goal of all native forest on the property being protected. The
fragmenting impact on the covenanted natural forests will be significant if the JVA
continues. The biodiversity of the property is significant & surveys reveal several species of
rare & endangered plants & animals occur whilst many are either occurring further N or S
than their usual ranges. This project targets the connectivity of high conservation habitat
within our Sanctuary which adjoins Yoorigan NP.
Maria River Catchment is a significant Coastal Floodplain and swamp area, containing a
diversity of Endangered Ecological Communities supporting multiple Threatened Fauna and
other significant fauna, which have been degraded and displaced by weeds and feral
animals in the region. This project aims to control and reduce these threats, through the
current landcare members and local landholders to conduct awareness raising, on ground
action and training in pest animal control.
A 3km drainage line leading from the extensively rehabilitated Tenambit Wetland to the
Hunter River will be revegetated on both sides with mixed vegetation species. The drainage
line runs through eight private properties that are essentially devoid of vegetation and
devoted to grazing and cropping. The drainage line will be fenced on both sides to create a
30m wide protected corridor through which wildlife can traverse between the Freshwater
Wetland Complex (endangered ecological community) of Tenambit Wetland and the major
riparian corridor of the Hunter River.
An emerging African Olive infestation on 520ha of cleared land supporting remnants of
four endangered ecological communities (EECs) will be eradicated to create a buffer zone
between heavily infested bush to the west and olive-free bush to the east. The EECs, all on
private land, will be protected and extended according to the 'In Principle Agreements' that
Maitland Council has already formed with 8 of the 12 associated landowners. Two large
remnants totalling 3km in length will then be linked by 3km of revegetation to form a
complete wildlife corridor between the Hunter and Paterson Rivers. The buffer zone will be
managed over time and extended north, east and south (pending future funding) to confer
even greater protection to local EECs.
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3
160,000
1
37,500
3
47,400
2
39,600
3
79,200
MT PIPER
LANDCARE
GROUP
INCORPORATED
Develop connecting
bird & wildlife
habitats & restore
riparian health
Murray
Catchment
Management
Authority
Murray wetland
carbon storage
MURRUMBATE
MAN LANDCARE
GROUP
INCORPORATED
Linking biodiversity:
Restoring &
managing
biodiverse carbon
stores
MURRUMBIDGE
E LANDCARE
ASSOCIATION
INC
Cross property
planning to balance
production &
biodiversity
conservation
Scattered remnant trees are nearing the end of their lives. The project aims to both
propagate the seed bank of those remaining remnants, and at the same time, provide
fenced out sheltered areas for birds and other wildlife. The fenced out remnant trees will
have the opportunity to regenerate, and seedlings propagated from those remnants will be
planted. In the riparian sites, trees and riparian plants will be planted to achieve the above
aims, and with the fencing off of the streams, eroded banks will grass up, preventing
further degradation and allow water table levels to rise due to the trapping of sediment.
We believe revegetating our farms will make them more sustainable and profitable in our
current variable climatic conditions.
Extensive vegetation clearing and altered management have caused a reduction in the
extent and diversity of carbon stores across Australia. With careful management, wetlands
represent a major potential carbon sink, with high levels of productivity and integral
incorporation of carbon into sediments. Wetlands are also recognised as “hot-spots” for
biodiversity across the landscape.
This project will revegetate and rehabilitate wetlands on private property in the NSW
Murray Catchment to act as biodiverse carbon stores. The project will also support PhD
research to identify opportunities for current land managers to learn from indigenous
values and historical uses of wetlands and build connections to country.
Since agricultural settlement in the 1830’s many components of ecosystem function such
as soil and water health, native wildlife and vegetation have significantly declined in
condition, abundance or exist only as remnants throughout much of the Murrumbateman Yass River Valley. The Murrumbateman Landcare Linking Biodiversity Project will
spearhead the restoration of biodiversity and ecological function and contribute to
improvement of biodiverse carbon stores, through revegetation and other management
actions in high priority sites, across a 38,944 ha project area in the Southern Tablelands of
New South Wales.
This project, a community partnership with Landcare and NRM groups, addresses the issue
of ongoing degradation of native vegetation in the Central Murrumbidgee. Native
vegetation in this region, especially the endangered Box Gum Woodland, now exists
predominantly in small, scattered patches on multiple tenures. This project will implement
the proven cross-property approach to link and enhance the fragmented remnants in the
landscape. This will involve engagement of landholders on connected properties, education
and capacity-building to foster understanding and awareness, and implementation of onground works. The project has grown out of the expressed desire of local landholders to
work together to protect and restore our native vegetation.
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1
44,000
6
4,355,000
6
388,000
6
1,330,000
NAMBUCCA
SHIRE COUNCIL
Invasive species
control on cliffs &
high conservation
areas, Nambucca
Valley
Namoi
Catchment
Management
Authority
Enhancing
connectivity &
resilience across
the Namoi
catchment
NATURE
CONSERVATION
COUNCIL OF
NSW
Firesticks:
Aboriginal fire to
enhance
biodiversity,
connectivity &
resilience
NORTH EAST
ALBERT
LANDCARE
GROUP INC
Pimpama River
catchment
biodiversity
conservation &
ecosystem
restoration
Invasive species pose the single greatest threat to the unique coastal biodiversity within
the Nambucca Shire. It is proposed that funding will be used to manage invasive species
including the WON's species Bitou Bush and Lantana within the Coastal Reserve System.
The project will enhance the biodiversity of a large tract of connected coastal habitat,
which includes many Ecological Endangered Communities including, Themeda Grassland on
Seacliffs and Coastal Headlands, Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains, Littoral
Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia and Sub-Tropical Coastal
Floodplain Forests. The project will also build capacity of the local community to protect
and enhance the natural environment.
Namoi Catchment Management Authority (CMA) will partner with land managers to deliver
biodiversity conservation on-ground across the Namoi Catchment in areas identified &
mapped as key priorities for biodiversity conservation & which present potential
opportunities for carbon sequestration. Activities will involve protection & management of
remnant vegetation along with revegetation activities. Invasive species control actions will
also be undertaken at all sites. The project will address habitat loss, fragmentation, loss of
native vegetation extent, invasive species & climate change through restoring, protecting &
re-establishing native vegetation linkages across the Catchment whilst also sequestering
further carbon in the landscape.
Australia’s flora and fauna have evolved in a landscape shaped by fire. Fire can have both
positive/negative impacts on landscape resilience and plays a key role in mitigating climate
change. The Firesticks project will use fire to enhance ecosystem resilience within culturally
connected landscapes by improving habitat condition and connectivity through natural
regeneration. Integrating contemporary and Aboriginal fire practices, this project will
reduce the threat of wildfire on stored carbon, create habitat mosaics to promote
connectivity, reduce the risk of wildfire fragmentation and contribute to the control of
invasives. Enabling and empowering Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities to work
collectively towards resilient landscapes.
The Pimpama river Catchment lies in the Northern portion of the Gold Coast bounded by
the Logan/Albert River and Coomera River catchments. The head waters lie in the
Darlington range and it discharges into the SEQ coastal hotspot Moreton Bay. Current and
past industry, land management and recreational activities in the upper reaches have
contributed to a decline in riparian vegetation, invasive species establishment and erosion.
This project aims to conserve biodiversity and increase this unique ecosystem's resilience
through linking remnant vegetation to provide a continuous wildlife corridor along the
Pimpama River. This will be achieved by revegetation, regeneration, erosion control, weed
control and ongoing maintenance.
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6
455,000
3
500,000
6
2,372,000
5
150,000
Northern Rivers
Catchment
Management
Authority
Protecting &
enhancing the
Macleay River
riparian zone
Northern Rivers
Catchment
Management
Authority
Floodplains for the
future: Restoring &
rehabilitating
wetlands & riparian
Northern Rivers
Catchment
Management
Authority
The Jaliigirr Project:
Connecting
communities &
cultures through
corridors
This project supports up to 5 private landholders and Kempsey Shire Council to improve
the quality and extent of river bank and floodplain vegetation over an area of 9.4ha and
river bank distance of 3.9km. Agricultural pressures on highly fertile river flats, plus
successive major flood events have degraded the extent and diversity of remnant riparian
vegetation. Public and private land managers will be supported in their efforts to enhance
the riparian corridor, improve water quality and increase carbon storage through: site
specific revegetation plans, weed control, use of key structural endemic riparian seedlings
planted in wide buffers along the river bank, and direct seeding in wide corridors across the
floodplain.
The project will predominantly target NRM issues in the Clybucca Creek Wetland Complex
on the Macleay River estuary floodplain, on the NSW North Coast. 718ha will be protected,
rehabilitated and restored. this will be achieved by building upon previous management
actions and established landholder relationships; undertaking on ground works including
revegetation, weed control, stock management, and floodgate modification in order to
enhance wildlife corridors, improve (EEC and EPBC) vegetation communities; increase soil
carbon and carbon storage, reinstate natural flow regimes to drained wetlands; improve
water quality arising from acid sulphate soils, improve fish passage and increase
sustainable farm management at a landscape scale.
The Jaliigirr Project aims to restore, manage & enhance biodiversity conservation, increase
carbon stores & build resilience to climate change by reconnecting & rehabilitating
fragmented & degraded corridors; protecting & enhancing existing native vegetation &
managing biodiversity threats in the region.
4
404,600
5
587,900
6
3,000,000
4
528,000
The area encompasses a range of public & private lands from extremely diverse
landscapes, covering an area from higher altitude escarpment (& World Heritage
Gondwana Rainforests) through to coastal plains within Bellingen & Coffs Harbour LGA's.
NSW
Environment
Protection
Authority
(formerly Office
of Environment
and Heritage)
Paika Lake &
associated
wetlands: Restore,
connect, manage &
protect
Vital components include developing capacity & reconnecting individuals, communities,
environmental groups, Aboriginal land councils & government with associated on ground
works & management.
This project will facilitate restoration, connection, management and protection of a large
and biodiverse floodplain wetland system (Paika Lake and surrounding area), through:
1. restoration of flooding, via infrastructure works, to maximise vegetation and biodiversity
recovery
2. selective grazing management and fencing to maximise vegetation and biodiversity
recovery
3. monitoring of the responses of understorey biomass, groundcover and diversity
The information derived from the latter component will inform adaptive management into
the future and will provide improved understanding of the role of managed flooding in
carbon sequestration and biodiversity sustainability in Australian floodplain ecosystems.
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OFFICE OF
ENVIRONMENT
AND HERITAGE
OFFICE OF
ENVIRONMENT
AND HERITAGE
Goulburn River
National Park
riparian weed
control &
restoration
Improving
resilience in the
Snowy River
corridor
OFFICE OF
ENVIRONMENT
AND HERITAGE
Revegetation of a
clear felled pine
plantation within
Kosciuszko National
Park
OFFICE OF
ENVIRONMENT
AND HERITAGE
Blowering
foreshores
revegetation
project
The project aims to build on previous but limited weed control programs along the
Goulburn River within GRNP and targeting high biodiversity value habitats. The project will
complete follow-up willow control, extend willow control into key tributaries and will
commence initial control of additional priority weeds species, including blackberry and tree
of heaven. Invasive species control is a critical component in protecting, enhancing and
restoring native vegetation in the reserve
The project also involves implementation of a comprehensive, ongoing monitoring
program and the development of capacity and partnerships with adjoining landholders in
order to raise awareness and better address catchment based weed management issues.
This project aims to improve the resilience of the natural vegetation in the Snowy River
Corridor through the control of infestations of invasive Weeds of National Significance
(WoNS) in tributaries of the Snowy River, and fostering regeneration of the native
vegetation through the replanting of locally sourced endemic species. Control of these
weeds, followed by restorative works will improve these wildlife corridors and also remove
harbour for invasive vertebrate pests which apply additional pressure on native species,
further reducing their resilience to climate change.
These works complement previously funded Snowy River Rehabilitation works by the
Southern Rivers CMA, by removing propagule reserves in tributaries of the Snowy River.
The site has been clear fallen and is currently comprised of bared ground with pine slash
piles and weed infestation of blackberry and pinus wildings. Revegetation methods will
vary; depending on slope, soil and parent material type, amount of material on the ground
(in some cases exceeding 400t/ha. of pine slash) and weed infestation type and levels from
mechanical preparation to manual seeding following the introduction of fire to the site.
Weed control will occur prior to and following each revegetation method. An
Environmental Impact Statement has been prepared to guide the operation.
About 2000 hectares of previously cleared agricultural land on the foreshores of the
Blowering dam was included in Kosciuszko National Park on its gazettal in 1967. A legacy of
this prior agricultural use is a heavy weed load in a highly disturbed environment. Over the
last 4 years NPWS has planted 400 hectares in conjunction with Greenfleet under a carbon
counting MOU with NPWS, undertaking a cooperative revegetation program to control
weeds, reintroduce native vegetation, 'count' carbon and increase the biodiversity value of
the site. Greenfleet have discontinued funding for the project and it is NPWS's intention to
continue with revegetation of a further 400 hectares of cleared land.
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2
89,800
4
290,000
3
304,000
4
1,202,000
OFFICE OF
ENVIRONMENT
AND HERITAGE
Corridors & core
habitat for koalas
on the NSW far
south coast
OFFICE OF
ENVIRONMENT
AND HERITAGE
Great Eastern
Ranges corridor:
Management &
restoration of
connectivity
ORANGE
BATHURST
DISTRICT
LANDCARE
MNGMNT
COMMITTEE INC
Strengthening
connections
between
endangered
ecological
communities
ORANGE LOCAL
ABORIGINAL
LAND COUNCIL
Gaambuwananya
Nguram-bang: Land
& country
biodiversity
enterprise initiative
This is a cross-tenure landscape management project to protect, enhance and connect
habitat sustaining the last known koala population in NSW Far South Coast forests. It meets
Theme Two of the Biodiversity Fund and is submitted by the Chief Executive of Forests
NSW and the Acting Chief Executive of the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH,
also representing the Environment Protection Authority - the EPA). The project will protect
2,800 ha of core koala habitat, create harvest exclusion zones on State Forest and support
initiatives to locate alternative timber resources, establish partnerships with indigenous
communities and introduce integrated monitoring & management actions to improve the
recovery potential of the koala population.
The Great Eastern Ranges (GER) Initiative is a cross-regional and interstate effort to reverse
decline in condition of natural ecosystems and restore functional landscape connectivity
and resilience. This project will develop and pilot innovative approaches that combine
biodiversity and carbon benefits. We will deliver an integrated set of activities: private land
agreements to provide carbon-biodiversity opportunities, landholder capacity building,
targeted habitat rehabilitation and revegetation in identified project areas. Collaborative
pest management activities will leverage partners involvement across tenures to suppress
threats, avoid further spread and enhance functional connectivity through reduction of
pressures.
Remnant vegetation in the Central Tablelands Landcare district is extensively cleared and
what remains is often highly fragmented. This project through the strategic revegetation
with biodiverse planting will strengthen connections along three biodiversity corridors
within the central tablelands. A mix of tubestock planting and direct seeding will be used
to plant a mix of over storey, mid storey and under storey species that have been selected
according to what community is being revegetated. Through this program we will raise the
community awareness of our local endangered ecosystems and some of the actions that
can be undertaken to further protect / enhance them and create a more resilient, better
connected landscape.
The initiative will see Aboriginal cultural connections to country and land achieve the key
objectives of the Biodiversity Fund. OLALC and Greening Australia have partnered to allow
access to OLALC land so skills transfer to Aboriginal people occurs, leading to employment
and enterprise opportunities, delivering long-term revegetation and restoration. OLALC
and GA will develop a model, supported by Aboriginal Affairs NSW and others, that can be
transferred to other communities. There will be environmental returns to the broader
community. The initiative is supported by the NSW Minister for Aboriginal Affairs,
Newcrest Mining Group, Sydney University and Orange City Council.
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6
1,935,000
6
2,716,500
3
300,000
5
2,260,000
OZ GREENGLOBAL RIVERS
ENVIRONMENT
AL EDUCATION
NETWORK
(AUSTRALIA)
INCORPORATED
Stepping Stones
Project in the
Hunter Valley Great
Eastern Ranges
corridor
Peter Myroniuk
Biodiversity
enhancement &
conservation of a
montane habitat,
Jindabyne
Peter
Westheimer
Wildlife corridor &
high conservation
value vegetation
extensions &
maintenance
Philip Fowler
Protect Langs
Creek: Last bastion
of the pygmy perch
The Hunter Valley is a critical barrier to connectivity of the Great Eastern Ranges (GER)
corridor. The valley floor has been severely cleared. Only 18% of original vegetation
remains, mostly in 4,350 isolated patches less than 1.75ha.
6
2,760,000
5
42,300
4
19,800
6
24,000
The project will strengthen connectivity by linking isolated patches of bushland to core
habitat areas. It will:
- establish key biodiverse links for species movement in response to climate change;
- expand native habitats in the fragmented valley floor;
- improve existing and generate new biodiverse carbon stores.
Building on strengths of the GER Initiative Hunter Valley Partnership, the project will
develop new technologies to enhance landholder engagement in connectivity conservation
and carbon farming.
'Wild Bullock' is a privately owned, 1100 acre property, gazetted as a Wildlife Refuge and
managed for biodiversity conservation. It is not grazed or farmed and maintains its natural
montane vegetation. 'Wild Bullock' has several natural montane springs/soaks feeding
Reedy and Back Creeks, which directly flow into the Snowy River. Several weed species
(Thistles, Aarons Rod, Sweet Briar, St Johns Wort) are on Wild Bullock and by limiting the
invasion and spread of these weeds will allow the maintenance of natural ground cover,
including forest debris, thus assisting in improving the quality of native vegetation and
biodiversity in general.
1. Repair of fragmented landscape, 2. protect and enhance existing native vegetation and
3. Control threats from environmental weeds
HCV Remnant and mapped corridor enhancement will be carried out by planting 300
metres of local native vegetation to link up with existing corridors, maintaining these
corridors to canopy cover stage.. increasing and improving weed control and understorey
planting in recently revegetated corridors.
This project aims to protect and enhance the catchment of part of Langs Creek in the
Upper Lachlan River of NSW. Langs Creek has a healthy population of small native fish that
are considered extinct elsewhere. The creek and surrounds support diverse populations of
aquatic, wetland and grassland native plants and animals. The project includes protection
of 70 hectares of forest contiguous to the creek, establishing wildlife corridors and new
tree plantings. We will introduce new biodiverse plantings, protect existing vegetation and
biodiversity and manage threats to these covering all three themes of the Clean Energy
Future Biodiversity Fund.
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PORT
MACQUARIE
HASTINGS
COUNCIL
Limeburners to
Crowdy Head
coastal corridor
repair project
RICHARDSON C
C & SHEARER A
M
Athol Glen
Sustainable Farm:
Revegetate corridor
& protect native
vegetation
Riverina
Livestock Health
and Pest
Authority
Enriching
biodiversity by
managing travelling
stock reserves &
routes
RiverSmart
Australia
Limited
Maintaining &
enhancing the
lowland-upland
wildlife adaptation
corridor
Eight land managers have been working towards rehabilitating and reconnecting this
coastal habitat link of over 70kms on the NSW mid north coast. This corridor is known to
act as an important migratory and dispersal route (Peel unpubl.) as well as a climate
change adaptation corridor. However limitations in current resources and knowledge has
left 3 sections of this corridor yet to be actively managed. To achieve an integrated
outcome, a landscape-scale feral pest plan is also required to compliment and complete
this landscape-scale habitat corridor. This bid to the Biodiversity Fund will address these
limitations and to support the partnership so that these land managers can independently
achieve long-term maintenance of this corridor.
The applicants have recently purchased a small holding of 10 acres. It is in a dilapidated
condition and has been neglected for some years. The property is adjacent the Sherwood
Nature Reserve. Sherwood Creek runs past the North east boundary with approximately 2
acres of palustrine wetland. The owners would like to develop a sustainable small farm at
the same time enhancing the naturally occurring features of the environment. The main
features of the project would be: weeding and revegetation of the riparian corridor;
protection of native vegetation from livestock and other animals principally with fencing;
water quality and soil health and erosion.
Travelling Stock Reserves and Routes (TSRR) make up a significant part of the natural
habitat, often in the best condition, in the NSW Riverina. TSRR's were established in the
1800’s to allow stock to be moved from grazing areas to markets often along river valleys
and through prime agricultural land. These areas are primarily managed for travelling stock
purposes paid by local landholder ratepayers and receive no direct funding for
environmental management. This project aims to allow active management of TSRR's for
biodiversity conservation purposes to ensure these important habitat links are protected
and restored
The Ramsar-listed Macquarie Marshes support high levels of endemic biodiversity, as do
the lowland and slopes portions of the Macquarie River upstream to Burrendong Dam.
Comprehensive riparian habitat mapping for this 400 km river reach will be used to
prioritise protection and restoration interventions for further enhancing connectivity along
this corridor. The project will identify high value remnants and prioritise works to see these
protected and connected. Key threats (grazing pressure, erosion, weeds and pest animals)
will be addressed to help build resilience to the expected impacts of climate change and
improve ecological fitness. Landholder agreements will be negotiated with land owners to
secure continuity for at least ten years.
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6
668,000
6
27,000
6
2,969,000
4
1,681,000
S.V PROUST & P
WEST
Restoration of
littoral rainforest &
wading bird habitat
S.V PROUST & P
WEST
Restoration of
habitats in Kattang
Nature Reserve
SHEARWATER
THE
MULLUMBIMBY
STEINER
SCHOOL LTD
Regeneration of
high conservation
value riparian
subtropical
rainforest
SHORTLAND
WETLANDS
CENTRE LTD
Shortland Wetlands
Ramsar site:
Habitat recreation
& restoration
project
• A habitat restoration project, targeting invasive weeds on an island in the Hastings River.
• Invasive weeds threaten the littoral rainforest (critically endangered - EPBC Act) on the
northern part of the island. Many of these weeds, especially vines, threaten the survival of
the tree layer and the rainforest itself and have the potential to spread to nearby natural
areas.
• The high tide roost for the wading birds that migrate from the Northern Hemisphere in
summer is threatened by the invasion of exotic weeds.
• Removal of these weeds will maintain the health of the rainforest and suitability of the
high tide roost.
• Feral predator control, fox and rat, will reduce the predation of JAMBA/CAMBA listed
waders.
• Kattang Nature Reserve is a biodiverse natural area, part of a climate change migration
corridor. It holds 2 EECs (incl 1 Federal), 29 vegetation communities. Also 2 known
undisturbed aboriginal middens
• NPWS and community groups have been restoring the reserve for many years. Lack of
long term funding has meant that follow-up work has not always happened. Invasive
species are still a problem. Well planned work over 6 years allows the targeting of regrowth
in a strategic manner.
• Workshops, community weeding days and exposure in the media will increase
community involvement which has been declining.
• Feral animal control to protect native fauna will be integrated with bush regeneration.
This area was listed as having Extremely High Ecological Value in the Byron Shire Council
Biodiversity Conservation Strategy of Sep. 2004. The tree canopy is predominantly mature
Weeping Lillypilly with associated rainforest species and one large specimen of Coolamon
(listed as vulnerable). The predominant weeds (see below) will be removed and controlled
by hand and mechanical means as the school has a "no chemicals policy". To double the
width of the existing vegetation corridor to an average of 40 metres, 1,200 appropriate
locally sourced native trees and shrubs, and 1,000 native grasses/groundcovers will be
planted, fertilized and mulched. Ongoing maintenance will control the weeds and allow the
planted canopy to develop.
We are a Ramsar site. 27 years ago the site was a dump, playing fields and grazing. 100,000
trees have been planted on site since 1985. Site Mid and Understory planting is only
partially addressed. We need to thicken the canopy by planting mid and understory across
the site. We also need to remove previously dumped rubbish (Prior to 1985), WONS and
other invasive weeds introduced during its previous use as a dump and for grazing.
Weeding, spraying, heavy mulching and mass planting will be used as the primary tools to
improve biodiversity. The process will improve site bushland connectivity and connectivity
with Hexham Swamp and surrounding bushland, habitat for native birds, animals and
reptiles and food source availability for them.
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3
55,200
6
69,000
3
15,400
6
417,000
SNOWY RIVER
SHIRE COUNCIL
Protect & improve
connected
landscapes in
Snowy River Shire
SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND
LANDCARE
COORDINATING
COMMITTEE INC
Ten years on:
Building on past
efforts along
Tilbuster Ponds
Creek
SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND
LANDCARE
COORDINATING
COMMITTEE INC
Dumaresq Creek
rehabilitation &
restoration
program
Southern Rivers
Catchment
Management
Authority
Protecting the high
conservation value,
Clyde River
catchment
Snowy River Shire Council has 648 ha of assets containing endangered Natural Southern
Temperate Grassland of the Southern Tablelands communities and endangered Tablelands
Snowgum, Black Sallee, Candlebark and Ribbon Gum Grassy Woodland. These reserves are
connected by 140 km of roadsides with high environmental significance. These assets and
roadsides provide excellent habitats for these ecological communities due to the exclusion
of grazing, however weed invasion is elevated on roadsides, threatening this connected
landscape. A biodiversity fund grant will allow the Council to maintain the significance of
high value remnant communities and to improve the significance of recovering
communities in this connected landscape.
Tilbuster Ponds Creek is at the headwaters of the Macleay Catchment and is a valuable
wildlife corridor. Past plantings by Landcare link this site laterally with surrounding
remnant vegetation and revegetated sites nearby. This project aims to restore and
rehabilitate portion of Tilbuster Ponds Creek in the Charleston Willows and Armidale Pine
Forest recreation areas. With the return of wetter conditions and recent flood rains
invasive woody weeds: basket willows, silver poplars and privet and their removal are our
major concern. They block the Creek during periods of high flow, trapping large amounts of
sediment and adding to already prevalent bank erosion; flooding upstream properties.
The AURG has been undertaking restoration & rehabilitation work on Dumaresq Creek
within Armidale since 2001. This involves the clearing & removal of exotic weeds such as
willows & poplars within the creek and progressively restoring these environments by
planting local native species. Historically the AURG has then maintained these sites. The
AURG's work is supported by Armidale Dumaresq Council (ADC) through the "Dumaresq
Creek Rehabilitation and Restoration Plan", and ADC now funds maintenance activities at
these restored sites using external contractors. This project will undertake further
restoration to increase biodiversity & improve habitat connectivity between areas of native
vegetation on Dumaresq Creek.
The Clyde River catchment is in good condition but evidence exists of declining habitat
condition at specific sites due to the impacts of clearing associated with agriculture and
recreational use. To ensure critical ecological thresholds remain intact this project brings
together private landowners and public land mangers to protect existing vegetation, reestablish riparian corridors to reconnect adjacent forest and floodplain communities and
remove invasive species. Priority sites have been selected based on their proximity to
existing assets (Clyde River National Park and State Forests), ability to respond to
treatment, capacity to deliver biodiversity outcomes and commitment of the
landowner/manager.
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6
216,000
3
22,400
6
44,200
3
230,000
Southern Rivers
Catchment
Management
Authority
Restoring
connectivity
between upper
Snowy River &
Kosciuszko National
Park
Southern Rivers
Catchment
Management
Authority
Potoroo & koala
habitat restoration
& cultural
connections
Southern Rivers
Catchment
Management
Authority
Foundations for
river recovery &
return of koalas to
the Bega Valley
Sydney
Metropolitan
Catchment
Management
Authority
Sydney's golf
courses & open
space as biodiverse
carbon stores
'Weaving a Web' will restore, manage and enhance biodiversity values across multiple sites
on private land to connect the Upper Snowy River to Kosciuszko National Park in NSW. The
Snowy will provide a spine for restoration efforts with revegetation corridors expanding
like ribs into the agricultural landscape and anchoring the river to the national reserve
system. Building upon the Monaro Grasslands Biodiversity Conservation Strategy (2002)
and the Snowy River Rehabilitation Plan (2009), protection of four EECs (Natural
Temperate Grasslands, Upland Wetlands of the Monaro , Yellow Box-White Box Woodland,
Snow Gum-Ribbon Gum Grassy Woodlands) will increase the resilience of the Snowy
Monaro community in a changing and uncertain climate.
Broad-scale private landholder engagement to strengthen other NSW government agency
initiatives & rebuild a resilient landscape with strong biodiversity & indigenous cultural
outcomes. Focus to conserve, connect & rehabilitate habitat of iconic threatened fauna
species: koala & long-nosed potoroo. Priorities are habitat conservation & rehabilitation in
fertile riparian zones & enhanced connectivity to patches of endemic vegetation (> 5ha).
Successful pilot landholder engagement in broad scale coordinated fox control, fauna
monitoring & containment of the southward spread of lantana will be extended across this
landscape. Landholder engagement by local Aboriginal people around the cultural
importance of these species will also be extended.
Reverse the degrading trend of the Bega River catchment (1939 km2) to river recovery by
rehabilitating strategic reaches with potential for high conservation & high recovery
outcomes, as per Bega River Rehabilitation Plan (the String). Support inter-agency efforts
to return koalas to the Bega Valley by building a connected private land network of viable
koala habitats using Koala Carbon Forests, enhanced remnant grassy woodlands &
consolidate habitat nodes using clusters of past landcare projects (the Pearls). Employ a
local Koori Ranger crew to maintain habitat corridors & to support landholders managing
for biodiversity. Engage community groups & carbon investors to support this broad scale
river & koala habitat recovery effort.
The SMCMA is partnering with councils and other key land managers to facilitate the
rehabilitation of select ecologically important habitats that connect regional and subregional biodiversity corridors. Integrated revegetation, habitat protection and invasive
species control projects will be undertaken on golf courses, public open space and in
natural areas not actively managed for conservation to build resilience and safe guard
Sydney’s biodiverse carbon stores. A research partnership will be established to audit and
prioritise biodiverse carbon stores on golf course sites in the region. Technical workshops
will also be delivered to increase the capacity of land managers and community to
maximise biodiversity and carbon storage outcomes.
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6
2,184,300
6
2,646,500
6
2,827,100
4
1,854,300
SYDNEY
OLYMPIC PARK
AUTHORITY
SYDNEY
OLYMPIC PARK
AUTHORITY
Haslam's Creek
bush bird
connectivity project
Recreating a
biodiverse
grassland
THE HILLS SHIRE
COUNCIL
Restoration of
Cattai Creek
headwaters
THE SYDNEY
BUSH WALKERS
INCORPORATED
Recreation of the
native & original
tall blue gum forest
& rainforest
The Trustee for
DALY FAMILY
TRUST
Regenerate &
protect native
vegetation in
existing pasture &
woodlands
This project aims to convert 29,434m2 of park landscapes from a planted monoculture of
trees into a structurally diverse woodland, enhancing habitat for bush birds. Plants from
more than 25 species of shrubs and groundcovers will be sourced from the local region and
planted in the course of this three year project.
Bush birds are dependant on woodland and forest habitats and are declining nationally
through clearing, thinning and fragmentation. As the Park supports a high diversity and
abundance of bush birds, this project aims to improve habitat structure and linkage along
the Parramatta River and Haslams Creek corridors.
This project will transform 15075m2 of turf adjoining Newington Nature Reserve into a
biodiverse native grassland. Seed from over 14 native grass species from local stock will be
propagated and planted in the course of a three-year project that seeks to install 80,000
grassland plants.
This new grassland will buffer tidal wetlands of the adjacent Newington Nature Reserve
from disturbance, supporting migratory and resident shorebirds that move between the
network of estuarine habitats of the Parramatta River corridor. It will extend the
distribution of grassland species of the critically endangered Turpentine Ironbark Forest,
and will provide additional habitat for native fauna including the local endangered
population of White-fronted Chats
This project will target the large woody weeds and invasive non-native vines at the
headwaters of the Cattai Creek Catchment, in private land and Council managed Reserve
system. Removal of woody weeds will be by cut and paint or drilling and leaving in situ,
vines will be skirted, with the roots poisoned. Where no natural regeneration is occurring
and there is an erosion potential the area will be revegetated with locally endemic species.
Agricultural activity from 1900-1960 cut down the native and original “tall Blue Gum
Forest” and Rainforest on the south bank of the Kangaroo River on the land now
comprising Sydney Bush Walker's (SBW) property "Coolana". SBW has already made good
progress in re-mediating and re-vegetating this land. This project will leverage off this
investment to continue & complete the re-creation of the native forest. This will involve
removing the current invasive weeds by spraying, cutting /pasting, and mowing, replanting
native trees and shrubs, seeking to safeguard against fire/minimise its impact, and to
manage the land via stewardship. Thereby, also providing the native food to encourage the
continued re-colonisation of the area by native fauna.
This project will address the restoration of native vegetation under theme 2 of the
Biodiversity Fund Guidelines "Protecting and enhancing existing native vegetation".
In order to achieve improved biodiversity and protect native species, our proposal is to
fence off an area of 200 hectares that is currently used for livestock grazing as well as unmanaged woodland in order to allow native flora and fauna species to regenerate and reestablish. This process will be closely monitored over a 5 year period and, if required,
augmented by planting of additional native species in line with the program guidelines.
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3
45,000
3
90,000
6
2,345,000
3
20,700
5
165,800
The Trustee for
The Banks Trust
Establish mixed
vegetation to
connect prior
established native
vegetation
The trustee for
The Leslight
Family Trust
Upper Forbes River
biodiversity
restoration project
THE UNIVERSITY
OF
WOLLONGONG
Connection of
fragmented
lowland dry
subtropical
rainforest
TREES IN
NEWCASTLE
Restoration of
threatened species
habitat
This project is a large scale biodiverse planting of native indigenous species of trees and
shrubs designed to connect remnant native vegetation and prior established tree and
shrub areas on and around this property.
This property has few remaining native trees as a result of past over clearing and eucalypt
`dieback'.
This property was part of a Landcare award winning `Engineered Woodland' pilot trial
(2007) that established wide spaced tree lines to integrate traditional pasture based
agriculture with biodiverse tree and shrub ecosystems.
This pilot trial developed tree establishment guidelines for this property and region which
will ensure success of this project as well as demonstrating the biodiversity advantages.
The project property (pp) lies adjacent to the World Heritage listed Werrikimbe National
Park (WNP) in an area of high conservation value whose endemic biodiversity includes
threatened flora & fauna species. Initial pilot projects will be undertaken focusing on the
on ground restoration & enhancement of native vegetation of the degraded wet
sclerophyll & riparian vegetation affected by past logging practices. This will be achieved
using natural area restoration practices. Knowledge gained will be utilised to extend the
project to a broader scale with the intention to share knowledge & capacity locally &
regionally. Theme 2 &3 of the Grant will be used in this project to improve the resilience of
the forest for conservation & sustainability.
Lowland Dry Subtropical Rainforests are listed as an Endangered Ecological Community in
TSC Act with only an estimated 14% of all existing remnants in the National Reserve
System. The Illawarra Escarpment, once denuded of ecosystems from logging and mining
has regenerated into an area of diverse native assemblages. The University of Wollongong
campus, abutting the Illawarra Escarpment State Conservation Area, is renowned for its
native landscape. A vegetation management plan for the site identifies re-vegetation,
weed and feral pest removal at a number of sites (refer Map) to enhance the connection of
fragmented Lowland Dry Subtropical Rainforest and other assemblages, in the Escarpment
to the coast.
• Landscape connectivity in the Williams River and the Hunter Estuary Ramsar wetlands are
under threat, affecting the ability of native fauna to move through the landscape.
• Invasive plant species are threatening native vegetation and must be controlled to
conserve biodiversity, particularly habitat for threatened species.
Trees in Newcastle aims to:
• Control environmental weeds and invasive species on a 9.8 Ha property managed entirely
for conservation.
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3
130,800
1
72,600
6
100,000
3
19,500
TREES IN
NEWCASTLE
TREES IN
NEWCASTLE
TUMUT SHIRE
COUNCIL
Earthcare Park
habitat
rehabilitation
project, Tenambit
Karuah Valley
vegetation
protection pilot
project
Connecting
colonies of native
pasture by
harvesting &
sowing native grass
seeds
• Landscape connectivity in the Hunter Valley is under threat, affecting the ability of native
fauna to move through the landscape.
• Invasive plant species are threatening native vegetation and must be controlled to
conserve biodiversity.
The project aims to:
• Control invasive plant species within the protected area to improve habitat quality and
biodiversity.
• Develop a management plan for the area which will provide a framework for future
management work.
• Train the land managers in biodiversity conservation and invasive species management.
Landscape connectivity in the Karuah Valley is under threat, affecting the ability of native
fauna to move through the landscape.
1
23,500
1
79,300
3
13,500
Invasive plant species are threatening native vegetation and must be controlled to
conserve biodiversity.
The project aims to:
Fence off a 56 Ha patch of intact native vegetation which will be protected for conservation
purposes.
Control invasive plant species within the protected area to improve habitat quality and
biodiversity.
Develop a management plan for the area which will provide a framework for future
management work.
Train the landholders in biodiversity conservation and invasive species management.
The purpose of this project is to rehabilitate an area of a recently filled dam, over an area
of approximately 2 hectares.
Using seed harvested from the local unique colony within the reserve of Barbed Wire Grass
(cybogogam refractus). The dam site will be sown with local harvested native grasses to
provide an immediate cover to the exposed top soil and rapid response for the purpose of
fixing carbon and repairing a degraded very visible site on public land.
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TWEED
LANDCARE INC
Regeneration/prese
rvation of native
Tweed riverbank &
bushland
TWEED SHIRE
COUNCIL
Linking koala
habitat &
endangered
ecological
communities
UNIVERSITY OF
BALLARAT
Restore habitat,
reduce exotic
species impact,
maintain carbon
store
The land managers of the 3 landscapes concerned, working in partnership will:
•Improve landscape connectivity and the resilience of Australia's unique species to the
impacts of climate change by performing restorative works that link areas of vegetation
which are becoming evermore intact
•Employ Bush Regenerators to address degradation of native vegetation, to protect,
manage and enhance works being conducted by the landholders and build on their
achievements
•Increase habitat and habitat value for nationally endangered species
•Plan biodiverse plantings to help connect remnant vegetation across a fragmented
landscape along regional wildlife corridors
•Contribute to help establish, restore, protect and manage biodiverse carbon stores
Coastal development has substantially reduced and fragmented available habitat for native
fauna, particularly the Koala, creating numerous sub-populations and increased
threatening processes, such as feral animals and bushfire. The project will: link core Koala
habitats; enhance Endangered Ecological Communities, and improve connectivity for native
flora and fauna between inland and coastal communities on identified Climate Change and
Regional Fauna Corridors. On-ground and educational actions arising from the Tweed Coast
and Byron Coast Koala Habitat Studies 2011(T&BCKHS) will be implemented to provide a
secure future for Koalas on the NSW far north coast and foster a sense of stewardship with
landholders and the broader community.
Scotia mallee of western NSW has high conservation value due to extensive areas of old
growth mallee and significant rare plant communities. The contiguous properties: Nanya
(UB), Scotia (AWC) and Tarawi NR (NPWS), covering 130,000ha. conserve significant fauna
inc. 3 EPBC listed species, 3 plant communities and 8 mammals, birds and reptiles listed
under the NSW TSC Act. Nanya is calculated to store c. 2,075,752 t CO2. Project will
undertake vegetation restoration and protection measures including predator control,
reduction of grazing pressure through rabbit and feral goat control and waterpoint closure.
Through analysis of records for EPBC and State listed species, prepare fauna, fire,
vegetation and endangered fauna management plans.
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6
255,200
5
2,017,000
6
353,400
UPPER
CLARENCE
COMBINED
LANDCARE
INCORPORATED
Controlling invasive
species & restoring
health & resilience
to vegetation
Project assists 11 landowners adjacent to Gondwana World Heritage protect & manage
unique biodiversity & carbon storage assets & contribute to landscape connectivity &
resilience by controlling invasive weeds
6
1,315,000
5
793,800
1
31,500
6
835,300
Professional bush regeneration & weed control will return 582ha to health & resilience
manageable by owners into the future. Threats to key Gondwana assets by invasive species
moving across a connected landscape & inappropriate fires will be reduced
Awareness of biodiversity & carbon management will be raised amongst landowners &
broad community, & opportunities provided for gaining knowledge & skills for emerging
management challenges
UPPER
SHOALHAVEN
LANDCARE
COUNCIL
INCORPORATED
Corridor links &
carbon sinks:
Biodiversity for
carbon & corridors
WELLINGTON
COUNCIL
Restoring
biodiversity on
Mount Arthur
Reserve from the
threat of bridal
creeper
Western
Catchment
Management
Authority
Landscape scale
management of
feral goats to
improve ecosystem
resilience
A technical & mentoring network of Community & government partners will assist ongoing
management
This project will build landscape resilience to climate change by increasing the skills &
knowledge needed in individuals and organisations to undertake effective revegetation &
biodiversity enhancement through a series of participatory workshops & a learning module
for primary schools. Fragmentation of existing vegetation will be addressed through
revegetation and habitat restoration projects, which will contribute to linkages between
the Great Eastern Ranges and the coast. Threats to biodiversity will be managed by invasive
species control across all sites & surrounding areas. This project forms a coordinated part
of a regional approach incorporating private & public land achieved via regional agency &
stakeholder collaborations.
Late in 2008, in the Mt Arthur reserve, a large infestation of bridal creeper covering an area
of up to 10 ha was discovered . A second large infestation has recently been discovered. It
has been observed that these large infestations are killing native tree species and
swarming understory species.
Despite work by the trust Ranger and volunteers to curb this weed, the infestations are
spreading rapidly with small outbreaks being found further afield within the reserve. This
area includes along Creek lines and the Macquarie River. Control efforts by the trust and
trust Ranger alone are not sufficient to bring bridal creeper infestations under control
therefore a larger more resource and labour intensive program is needed.
This project will demonstrate strategic new approaches to improving the resilience of semiarid rangeland ecosystems to climate change. These landscapes have high native
vegetation connectivity in terms of structure but their condition is highly impacted by
unmanaged feral goats. The presence of these highly mobile herbivores compromises the
capacity of land managers to manage total grazing pressure (TGP), biodiversity and soil
carbon. TGP is the primary NRM issue across Australia’s southern rangelands.
The project will establish multi-property goat management zones within which feral goat
movement will be strictly controlled, enabling land managers to implement effective
grazing management strategies.
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Western Sydney
Parklands Trust
Bringing back the
bush: Connecting
conservation,
carbon storage &
community
WETLANDCARE
AUSTRALIA PTY
LTD
Ocean shores
remnant wetland
revegetation &
protection
WINGECARRIBE
E SHIRE
COUNCIL
Wingecarribee local
provenance
community nursery
expansion project
A large scale bush regeneration and re-vegetation program to bring back critically
endangered Cumberland Plain Woodland (CPW) in the Sydney Basin. The Western Sydney
Parklands (Parklands) has 1,000 ha of bushland in varying condition and the long-term goal
is to manage 2,000 ha of quality, resilient and structurally diverse bushland to increase
carbon storage within the Parklands. The project will target degrading remnant bushland
due to invasive weed species. It will increase and connect remnant bushland by revegetating cleared grazing land, therefore increasing carbon capture capability. It will
increase biodiversity by planting and maintaining strategic species to improve structural
diversity and landscape resilience.
This project will protect and restore a remnant paperbark and palm forest wetland, not
only important for its carbon storage, but it is also critical habitat for the endangered
Mitchell's Rainforest Snail. This proposal forms stage two of the project, a management
plan has already been completed for the site. In line with that plan, this project will remove
weeds, revegetate weeded areas, revegetate the buffer zone to protect the wetland and
restore connectivity by removing an old fence and a raised area of soil. Both terrestrial and
aquatic connectivity to an adjacent, Council owned, natural bushland area, is blocked.
These activities will be undertaken by the local school as well as environmental community
groups and volunteers.
The project will expand the existing Wingecarribee Community Nursery so it can meet
projected demand for local provenance plants, grown from seed collected according to
best practice protocols, for use in revegetation projects.
This community - local government collaborative project will establish the infrastructure
necessary to increase our production capacity from the current 6,000 to 40,000 plants per
year. Wingecarribee Shire contains eleven Endangered Ecological Communities and
projects to enhance remnants and establish connectivity between them requires increased
availability of local provenance plants.
The nursery manager will expand the base of nursery volunteers and ensure best practice
is maintained.
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6
2,263,000
1
31,500
4
349,200