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"Like ferns and the tides, community conservation groups come and go. Many
achieve their goal. Volunteers restore a local wetland or protect a patch of
urban bush and then hang up the gardening gloves with a warm inner glow. Some
groups peter out while others endure, tackling the ecological problems facing
today’s Australia.
One of those problems is fragmentation. Let’s say you have a national park in
one spot and another large tract of habitat ten kilometres away. It’s too hard
for many wildlife species to make it across open ground to get there. Over
time, this means wild areas can effectively become islands.
This is where habitat corridors come in. Potentially, if you restore habitat
between two isolated areas, wildlife can begin to safely move between the two.
Over time, these corridors allow seeds, pollen, native birds and animals to
disperse across today’s landscapes.
In my work as a restoration ecologist, I’ve come across many of Australia’s
community groups devoted to the job. Three of these are LUCI – Lockyer Upland
Catchments Inc, which began in 2015, the Big Scrub Rainforest Conservancy,
founded in 1993 and TREAT – Trees for the Evelyn and Atherton Tablelands Inc,
which began in 1982. Each of these has gone the distance. Here are some reasons
why."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
