Discover at this webinar how the Spring Plains Watershed Repair Pilot Project paves the way for a new approach to building climate resilience and restoring biodiversity in Goldfields landscapes at scale and speed, and how Biolinks Alliance is looking to share and help adapt it for use in other landscapes across the region.
Read MoreDr 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 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 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.
Read MoreThe behaviour of nectar-eating flying foxes and birds is telling us an important story and we need to listen and respond to their message. Dr Eby says we must protect, restore and reconnect habitat over vast distances – scaling- up our local efforts in a coordinated and strategic fashion.
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