Hear about ways to protect and restore these elders of our lands. At this webinar, we'll together look at:
Why are Large Old Trees so important? What are the dire threats they face? How can we together urgently help them?
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.
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Listen 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.
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Spring Plains Watershed Repair project
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Urgency and climate change - Repairing Victorian Landscapes - Spring Plains Watershed Repair project
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Foundational repair - Repairing Victorian Landscapes - The Spring Plains Watershed Repair project
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Stagnant forest - Repairing Victorian Landscapes - The Spring Plains Watershed Repair project
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The 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.
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Biolinks 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.
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A 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.
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A 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.
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Addressing the pressing need to restore damaged bushland so it can continue to provide critical habitat for the endangered species under a rapidly changing climate.
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Heathcote Local 2 Landscape Action Plan and Prospectus: A Plan for community-lead landscape-scale ecological restoration.
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