BIODIVERSITY FUND ROUND ONE
WA
Applicant Name
Project Title
Project Description
Carbon Neutral
Ltd
Biodiversity
restoration in the
Moresby Ranges
Carbon Neutral is a registered environmental charity. This project will demonstrate to the
wider community how the emerging carbon market can fund revegetation of degraded
farmland for ecological restoration and facilitate indigenous training and employment
opportunities.
Funding Length
(years)
5
Funding Total ($)
441,000
The project site is located in a high conservation value region of the Moresby Range,
being a unique and significant landscape backdrop to the regional centre of Geraldton in
the northern agricultural region of WA.
CITY OF SUBIACO
CO2 AUSTRALIA
LIMITED
Protecting and
enhancing a native
bushland remnant
at Jolimont
Primary School
This application seeks funding to conduct on ground activities relating to a community
engagement process; part planting costs; biodiversity monitoring; and indigenous
training and employment to create ‘premium value’ biodiverse CFI carbon credits.
Jolimont Primary School is located in the western suburbs of Perth, within the City of
Subiaco municipality. The school contains a small area of bushland (<1 ha) that is in good
condition according to the Keighery scale of bushland condition (NAMS 2011). The site is
located within a green corridor identified to link locally significant bushland with
regionally significant bushland (Ecoscape 2002).
Biodiversity
enrichment of
Australia's largest
commercial
carbon forest
estate
Management of the bushland is the responsibility of the school, who have lacked the skills
and funds to prevent degradation. Since 2009, the City of Subiaco has been working with
the school to develop a management plan to restore the site, including weed control,
natural regeneration and planting of native species.
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 WA, the project directly addresses Theme 1 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, including sites within the SW WA
biodiversity hotspot.
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.
5
23,600
6
2,256,400
COMMONWEALTH
SCIENTIFIC AND
INDUSTRIAL
RESEARCH
ORGANISATION
GWW maximising
biodiversity &
carbon stocks in a
changing climate stage one
Department of
Environment and
Conservation
Enhancing
threatened
gouldian finch
food resources
and grass carbon
storage
South coast
integrated
biodiversity
management
project
Department of
Environment and
Conservation
Greening Australia
(WA) Ltd
Greening Australia
(WA) Ltd
Peniup biodiverse
restoration across
Gondwana link
Fitz-Stirlng
corridor
Establishing,
restoring,
protecting and
managing
biodiversity assets
in Mortlock
The Great Western Woodlands (GWW) of south-western Australia are globally
exceptional in supporting >8M ha of diverse woodland at low rainfall, under optimal
management potentially storing 915Mt above-ground carbon. However, the very
persistence of woodlands and associated carbon stocks in this climatically marginal
environment is under serious threat from interactions among fire, weeds and climate
change. This project aims to initiate a broader project to maximize GWW biodiversity and
carbon stores, by developing the CSIRO Flames model towards an adaptive management
framework. Later phases will apply the model to develop a climate change adaptation
taskforce with partners Goldfields Land and Sea Council and DEC WA.
The endangered Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae) is threatened by frequent, extensive,
high intensity fire regimes in northern Australia. Perennial grass seed limitation results in
wet season seed famine and is thought to limit survival of finches in frequently burnt
savannas. This project seeks to identify best on-ground burning actions for protection of
grass seed resources in known Gouldian finch feeding areas in the East Kimberley region.
This will have added benefits for carbon storage within vegetation.
This project will address the impact of introduced predators on native fauna in the south
coast region of Western Australia by developing appropriate methods for control of feral
cats and integrating these with fox control in key conservation reserves within the South
Coast Macro Corridor coastal corridor. Developing suitable methods of control for these
predators throughout the landscape will provide direct benefits for land managers and
communities in surrounding landscapes by reducing the threat of predation on native
species within reserves, wildlife corridors and neighboring patches of remnant vegetation.
Knowledge gained through this project will be applied throughout the landscape.
This project will restore the balance of degraded farmland on Greening Australia's Peniup
property, to a self replicating biologically diverse plant system, that contributes to the
Fitz-Stirling Link of the iconic Gondwana Link project.
The restoration planting will also provide carbon sequestration across the entire project
site using local species, with a smaller component comprising of biodiverse sandalwood.
The Peniup restoration project will increase the regional biodiversity values, restore areas
of local habitat and address the issues of habitat loss, fragmentation, salinity and invasive
species. This will be achieved whilst providing the additional benefits of providing carbon
sequestration and sandalwood production.
Clearing for agriculture in the Central Wheatbelt has caused widespread loss of habitat,
disruption to ecosystem function and resultant on-going threat processes. Using Greening
Australia’s Transforming Our Landscape (TOL) approach we will deliver an intensive
program of landscape scale restoration, remnant management & threat abatement to
provide biodiversity & carbon benefits. The TOL approach will incorporate landholder
capacity building and mechanisms to co-deliver carbon & biodiverse opportunities in
targeted high value Ecological Management Zones (EMZ). The use of EMZ will achieve
improved connectivity & functionality in priority conservation locations to deliver this
ambitious landscape scale initiative
2
2
156,000
4
178,000
5
1,450,000
5
1,219,400
6
2,931,600
M.J THOMPSON &
W.L THOMPSON
Yarreweyah Falls:
filling a gap for
Gondwana Link
M.L
HAMMARQUIST &
J.G HASTIE
Restoring native
vegetation at the
Upper Gascoyne
East Lyons River
MARGARET RIVER
CON'VAT'N
FARMING CLUB
Herbicide control
of arum lilies and
vinca re-emerging
in bushland after
fire
North Stirling
Pallinup Natural
Resources
Incorporated
Enhancing
biodiversity &
revolutionising
revegetation
techniques
This project will expand, connect and buffer high conservation remnant vegetation.
The revegetation includes priority vegetation types such as upland Yate, identified in the
Gondwana Link Functional Landscape Plan (GLFLP), an ambitious ecological program
designed to protect and restore landscape scale ecological resilience.
This project delivers exceptional value for money.
Special focus will be given to under storey flora where there is a paucity of information
and propagation skills. Demonstration sites and research will benefit future restoration
projects.
Strengthening ecological connectivity with Corackerup Reserve builds resilience to climate
change and supports the flow of genetic resources.
Several areas on Mt Augustus Station and Pingandy Station have been damaged by water
erosion and this has degraded landscapes. If these areas can be recovered they will
provide improved ecosystem services and become valuable carbon sinks in the future
carbon economy.
This project directly addresses the themes of biodiverse plantings and protecting and
enhancing existing vegetation. It will achieve this by restoring degraded areas through
mechanical rangeland restoration in the form of ponding banks and direct seeding.
The work will be undertaken using best practice methods developed by various
agricultural agencies and groups, and will have oversight from the Department of
Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA).
About 50% of the preserved vegetation in a 80ha block on Glenbourne was significantly
destroyed by a vigorous fire in November 2011. The block had ~80 bird species, 39 other
vertebrate species, and hundreds of invertebrates species (Glenbourne survey data). The
fire consumed understory and litter thereby exposing bare soil, favouring invasive weeds.
Two weeds, arum lilies and Vinca, are a particular threat. Both weeds invade from other
properties, especially when carried by birds (lilies) or in floods (Vinca). One aspect of this
project will be to re-control and quantify the re-appearance of arum lilies and Vinca that
had been considerably suppressed, but not eradicated, in the past 20 years.
This project targets farm productivity and ecologically structural and functional change.
Capacity building is linked to enhancing biodiversity by protecting remnant vegetation and
revegetation, linking mainstream science, extension and on-ground implementation.
Training and workshops will be linked to the following initiatives: construction of a
precision direct seeding machine; biodiversity-targeted revegetation options including
Future Farm Industries CRC native plant forage systems and sandalwood; quantifying
ecological function including volunteer recruitment in local significant-age direct seeding
stands undertaken by early leaders in the field; Conservation Action Planning, and
production of locally-relevant revegetation guides.
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5
84,100
3
142,000
3
31,200
3
1,209,100
NORTHERN
AGRICULTURE
CATCHMENTS
COUNCIL
INCORPORATED
Restore and
reconnect riparian
vegetation in the
northern
agricultural region
OYSTER HARBOUR
CATCHMENT
GROUP INC
A Porongurup free
of environmental
weeds
This project will protect rivers, their tributaries and wetlands in the Northern Agricultural
Region by restoring and enhancing riparian habitats and revegetating degraded areas to
increase the amount of riparian vegetation along waterways in the NAR. Even though
these riparian areas occupy a small proportion of the landscape, they frequently support a
higher diversity of plants and animals than the surrounding landscape and are the only
means for (threatened) species to move across the landscape. Incentives for biodiversity
plantings, restoration works and invasive species management will be made available to
land managers to establish refuges and improve terrestrial, riparian and aquatic habitats.
The National Heritage listed Porongurup National Park and surrounding bushland have a
very high biodiversity with over 700 flora, 300 macro-fungi and 15 lichen species. The
Porongurup Range also forms the central ‘hub’ for six corridors in the Forest to Fitzgerald
macro corridor.
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2,000,000
5
937,800
3
220,000
6
2,525,000
Weed infestations are threatening to replace natural ecosystems and habitats in this area.
Weed infestations are also posing a direct threat to a number of rare flora, some of which
occur only in the Porongurup Range.
PEEL-HARVEY
CATCHMENT
COUNCIL INC
Improving the
ecological linkage
value of the
Harvey River
system
Pila Nguru
(Aboriginal
Corporation)
Enhancing
western desert
connectivity,
biodiversity &
ecosystem
resilience
Since 2007, extensive work has been carried out in this area to control weed infestations.
This project represents the next stage – to protect ecosystems and biodiversity in the
Porongurup Range by working towards eradicating environmental weeds.
This project seeks to contribute to the management of Blackberry (a Weed of National
Significance) & other invasive weeds along the riparian corridor of the Harvey River
between Stirling Dam and Harvey Dam, within the Shire of Harvey. The project will
enhance connectivity and increase the extent of native habitat between Class A State
Forest surrounding Stirling Dam, and bushland surrounding Harvey Dam in both public
and private ownership. This will be achieved through chemical control of Blackberry &
other weeds including Arum Lily (a Declared Weed species in WA), replanting of native
endemic vegetation & exclusion fencing where appropriate. The project will work with
both public land managers and private landholders.
This project will enhance biodiversity, ecosystem resilience & connectivity of Australia's
desert landscape. A management plan will be developed articulating aspirations of
Traditional Owners & other stakeholders to manage Spinifex Country for carbon storage &
biodiversity. The plan will include guidance for management of fire, invasive species,
threatened species & research into change in habitat condition over time. Plan
implementation will be via an Aboriginal Ranger program integrating traditional ecological
knowledge & scientific management techniques to improve ability of ecosystems to adapt
to climate change & position the project to enter the carbon market via carbon
abatement & reinvigoration of traditional fire management.
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Rangelands NRM
Co-ordinating
Group (Inc.)
The Pilbara
connection:
Fortescue River
corridor
SHIRE OF
TRAYNING
Connecting
biodiversity across
the wheatbelt of
Western Australia
SOUTH COAST
NATURAL
RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
INC
Protecting and
enhancing
biodiversity
resilience in a
coastal macro
corridor
SOUTH COAST
NATURAL
RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
INC
Restoring
Gondwana:
Revegetating and
protecting the
Fitzgerald macro
corridor
This project focuses on the critical partnerships necessary to tackle ecosystem function
and resilience in the face of climate change, through shared knowledge and best
practices, in the Fortescue River catchment of WA’s Pilbara region. The Fortescue is a
largely intact ecosystem that includes areas of high conservation value, capable in the
short to mid-term of being enhanced and protected cost effectively with focused
management input.
The project will implement a landscape scale program of activities with pastoral,
Indigenous, mining and conservation land managers to protect and improve existing
native vegetation, secure and stabilise carbon in ecosystems and manage threats to
biodiversity as the region continues its rapid development.
Land Managers across the WA Wheatbelt will be provided with opportunities to expand
native habitats on their properties through coordinated revegetation and biodiverse
plantings of local provenance species. Fragmented native vegetation remnants will be
connected by the creation of corridors through public and private land creating healthy
and resilient ecosystems, essential in our changing climate. Existing high-value vegetation
will be protected and enhanced through the provision of fencing which will contribute to
building and securing natural carbon stores. The threat and spread of invasive weeds and
pest animals will be reduced through these newly connected landscapes through weed
management and a regional pest animal control program.
The South West Botanical Province of WA is recognised as a ‘biodiversity hotspot’. Within
this hotspot the almost continuous strip of intact coastal native vegetation along the
south coast is the major east-west link in the region’s macro corridor network.
This project will protect and enhance the coastal macro corridor which is 512 km long and
made up of two major coastal corridors: the Two Peoples Bay to Fitzgerald Corridor; and
Fitzgerald to Cape Arid Corridor (as defined in the South Coast Macro Corridor Network).
The project will undertake 8402 ha of strategic works to improve the connectivity, quality
and resilience of the regions coastal corridor, address threats whilst protecting and
increasing biodiverse carbon stores.
The SW Botanical Province of WA is a biodiversity hotspot with 52% plant endemism. The
area between the southern forest and the Fitzgerald River NP is exceptionally biodiverse.
The area has 3738 spp, whilst the NP has more mammal spp. than any other reserve in
Southern WA.
The Forest-Fitzgerald macro corridor project delivers on ground outcomes over 300km. It
strategically builds on previous investment within Gondwana Link following key
recommendations of existing plans. This collaborative project rebuilds structure and
connectivity of ecosystems by restoring 720ha of native vegetation (including plantings to
protect 7 EPBC fauna species), and by protecting 7460ha of remnant vegetation. It also
manages threats to biodiversity over 52500ha.
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6
5,725,300
6
2,037,000
5
2,585,100
5
4,606,500
The Trustee for
SAVE THE BLACK
COCKATOO TRUST
FUND
Biodiverse
plantings to
restore and
expand carbon
stores and native
habitat
Warren
Catchments
Council
Restoring natural
riparian
vegetation
systems along the
Warren &
Donnelly Rivers
WUNAMBAL
GAAMBERA
ABORIGINAL
CORPORATION
Protecting and
enhancing
biodiverse islands,
peninsulas and
rainforests
This is a large scale reforestation and biodiversity restoration project within the collapsing
and declining northern Jarrah/Marri Forest of South-West Western Australia. A globally
significant biodiversity hot spot, the northern Jarrah/Marri Forest is threatened by a range
of factors and is habitat to a range of endangered species.
This project aims to restore 150ha of peri-urban cleared forest and proposes the
reforestation of the “old orchard” and “southern paddock” properties adjacent to the
Black Cockatoo Rescue Centre. This will substantially increase and preserve carbon stores,
increase habitat value, contribute to resilience of this fragile vegetation complex, and
provide connecting corridors for endangered native wildlife.
Infestations of European blackberry (Rubus anglocandicans & R ulmifolius) along the
Warren & Donnelly Rivers in the SW WA international 'biodiversity hotspot' have rapidly
died through naturally occurring diseases and through chemical control. Denuded areas
now extend along 120 kms of river. However other environmental weeds are invading
these sites, out-competing potential native revegetation. Erosion is also a potential
threat. There exists at present a narrow window of opportunity to return biodiversity to a
corridor of high value. The project will restore natural riparian vegetation systems at
strategic locations, control invasive plant and animal species and mitigate erosion
pressures, taking into account the region's changing climate.
The project aims to implement the WG Healthy Country Plan by protecting and enhancing
the Nationally listed high biodiversity values of large offshore islands, peninsulas and
associated rainforest pockets, as refugia for biodiversity from threats of feral animals,
weeds and fire. Large islands have genetically isolated populations of fauna and fauna
largely free of feral animals, weeds and fire affecting mainland areas. Equally, Bougainville
Peninsula and Cape Voltaire are free of cattle, have low incidence of wildfire and present
a management opportunity to exclude cattle and cane toads through fencing. Rainforest
patches are greater in extent on peninsulas and islands and can be enhanced through the
control of cattle, weeds and fire.
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3
500,000
6
2,945,000
3
181,600