Dr Chris Pocknee talks about the specialised approach of ecological thinning, one of the innovative interventions used at our Watershed Repair Pilot Project at Spring Plains Nature Conservation Reserve (NCR) on Taungurung country. This technique is used in dense regrowth Box Ironbark forest to accelerate forest maturation and restore biodiversity.
Read MoreListen to this fascinating conversation with Biolinks Alliance Ecologist, Chris Pocknee, and Local to Landscape Facilitator, Cameron O’Mara about our urgent work to save Large Old ‘Hero’ Trees and their life-sustaining hollows.
Read MoreSpring Plains Watershed Repair project
Read MoreUrgency and climate change - Repairing Victorian Landscapes - Spring Plains Watershed Repair project
Read MoreFoundational repair - Repairing Victorian Landscapes - The Spring Plains Watershed Repair project
Read MoreStagnant forest - Repairing Victorian Landscapes - The Spring Plains Watershed Repair project
Read MoreThe Spring Plains Nature Conservation Reserve, on Taungurung country, in central Victoria is a local hotspot for Swift Parrots and other threatened species. However, its damaged soils are no longer porous enough to absorb rainfall, so less water is available to the landscape and its food webs. Like many other box-ironbark forests, the ecosystem is so damaged that it cannot recover without active restoration interventions.
Read MoreBiolinks Alliance Ecologist Paul Foreman speaks about an exciting ecological restoration project being developed by the Alliance with the Taungurung people, Parks Victoria and the Heathcote community, the Spring Plains Watershed Repair project.
Read MoreA part of our Heathcote Local 2 Landscape pilot program focusing on the protection of Large Old Trees in the Heathcote area, local filmmaker Joshua Tyler produced this educational poster to outline some of the benefits of Large Old Trees in our landscapes.
Read MoreA part of our Heathcote Local 2 Landscape pilot program focusing on the protection of Large Old Trees in the Heathcote area, local filmmaker Joshua Tyler produced this short animation to outline some of the benefits of Large Old Trees in our landscapes.
Read MoreAddressing the pressing need to restore damaged bushland so it can continue to provide critical habitat for the endangered species under a rapidly changing climate.
Read MoreHeathcote Local 2 Landscape Action Plan and Prospectus: A Plan for community-lead landscape-scale ecological restoration.
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