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Public Reserves
Public Reserves

The larger reserves are core areas for the conservation of many species. Source populations of species in the larger reserves provide the individuals that disperse across the landscape and colonise other patches. Biolinks provide the networks of corridors and stepping stones that enable this dispersal from and between the larger reserves.

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Urban Parks
Urban Parks

We are now recognising the values of nature in urban areas for human well-being, the survival of species and the ecological health of our urban environment. Healthy natural ecosystems can cool the air, filter pollutants, retain water and stormwater runoff, control pests, pollinate our plants - and help reduce carbon emissions and moderate the impacts of climate change.

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landscape repair, How toSophie Bickford
Paddock Trees
Paddock Trees

Paddock trees have a unique role in biodiversity conservation. They provide habitat for a wide range of species, particularly those that need hollows (including many bats and birds), and those that need the abundant food resources provided by large trees. Even dead trees – standing starkly in paddocks – provide a home for many animals. And, although they often stand alone, they can provide essential stepping stones for the movement of many different species between bushland patches.

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Landholders, How to, large old trees, landscape repair, Kyneton regionSophie Bickford
Grazing Management
Grazing Management

Agriculture can be sustainable if it can meet society’s current food and textile needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Grazing management is a critical part of sustainable agriculture that aims to provide food for animals throughout the year by protecting perennial grasses from overgrazing and soils from wind and water erosion.

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Landholders, How toSophie Bickford
Farms
Farms

Productive farming and biodiversity conservation can co-exist to the mutual benefit of both. There is a growing body of evidence on the long-term benefits of retaining trees, protecting corridors of bushland and taking care of the ground cover. This biodiversity can moderate climate at a local and regional scale, protect soils and water supplies, increase productivity with minimal inputs and costs, and reduce the use of chemicals for soil fertility and pest control.

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Landholders, How toSophie Bickford
Wildlife Gardens
Wildlife Gardens

As more and more people create wildlife habitat and healthy ecosystems - in our own personal spaces and in our many community parks and gardens (see Urban Parks) – each little patch will become a part of a much larger matrix of natural ecosystems across our urban areas.

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Landholders, How toSophie Bickford
Bush Blocks
Bush Blocks

All bush blocks have conservation values. The old trees and understorey and ground layers provide habitat for a diversity of animals. Larger patches – from 10ha – provide habitat for many more species. And bush blocks can add to larger habitat patches on adjoining land and help to buffer areas of high quality or threatened vegetation.

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Roadside Vegetation
Roadside Vegetation

In the extensively cleared and modified grasslands and woodlands of central Victoria, road reserves may contain virtually all of the remaining native vegetation, and the oldest and largest trees with the tree hollows needed for a wide range of wildlife.

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