On the point
If you read this issue backwards (from back to front), there’s an interesting thread that reveals something about the science of EDG.
On the point
Decisions about commercially valuable invasive species
The management of introduced species that are both invasive and commercially valuable is contentious. While such species provide substantial economic benefits to some, they pose considerable costs to others due to negative impacts on ecosystems.
The matrix reloaded
Last year I published a really exciting paper on the matrix in fragmented landscapes. The matrix is the land that patches of native vegetation are embedded in. More often than not it’s cropland or grazing lands or plantation forests.
The matrix in ecology
The video begins with two people dodging bullets in an opening in a forest…
Victoria’s hawkweed eradication program
Three species of hawkweed have established small populations at the Falls Creek Alpine Resort and surrounding areas of Victoria’s Alpine National Park. This is not good news.
Project Control
The program to eradicate invasive hawkweed species from Victoria’s Alpine National Park has been a long and concerted effort with broad community support. Overseen by a Project Control Group, the program relies on the efforts of the Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Parks Victoria, Falls Creek Resort Management, Mt Buller and Mt Stirling Resort Management, Weed Spotters, weed control contractors, volunteers, and researchers to help find and control hawkweeds.
Invaders par excellence
Hawkweeds are incredibly successful invaders. These hardy perennials tolerate a huge range of conditions including snow and poor soils.
Biodiverse carbon plantings on Indigenous land
What’s possible, what’s optimal? The Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) is a carbon offset scheme established by the Australian government. It provides opportunities for land owners and local communities to alter land management practices to reduce or sequester carbon emissions. In addition to storing carbon these practices also have the potential to deliver other environmental benefits such as the conservation of biodiversity […]
Socially-acceptable conservation planning
Understanding how society perceives and values different areas of the landscape is important for effective land-use planning. Indeed, making use of social values is arguably one of the most important
challenges in modern conservation planning, yet their potential remains poorly exploited.
The development of the EPBC Act offsets assessment guide
Environmental offsetting involves compensating for environmental damage at one location by generating ecologically equivalent gains at another. The aim is that there is ‘no net loss’.