Restore and protect woodland habitats in NSW Riverina for threatened birds like the Dusky Woodswallow.
Wilderlands
Australia
110 ha
Permanent
Wilderlands - Biological Diversity Unit
Located in the heart of the New South Wales’ Riverina, this four and a half thousand acre landscape is addressing the decline of the suite of birds dependent on intact woodland ecosystems for foraging and nesting. These once common woodland birds, such as the Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus cyanopterus, are now found almost exclusively in small, scattered remnants of habitat on private land, within State Forests or Nature Reserves.
Typical of many such farms within the region, the property was historically utilized for cropping and sheep grazing. The restoration of previously cleared land commenced in 2013 with the direct seeding of almost 850ha with local tree and shrub species.
Although Dusky Woodswallow and other threatened species also utilize whatever little habitat remains on private or public land, such remnants are unprotected and subject to further clearing and degradation. Consequently, conservation management strategies designed to halt the decline of woodland birds towards extinction include actions such as conserving remnant habitat on private land (preferably through in-perpetuity covenants), restoring degraded sites, preserving or establishing connectivity across the landscape, and expanding habitat through revegetation activities.
T4.4 Temperate woodlands
Mixed
On-chain
Off-chain
15. Life on Land
13. Climate Action
2: Restoration
4: Extinction
6: Alien species
8: Climate change
3: Conservation
Genetic material
Global climate regulation
Nursery population and habitat maintenance
Soil and sediment retention
Soil quality regulation
Water flow regulation
Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus victoriae)
Carpet PythonDusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus cyanopterus)
Gilbert's Whistler (Pachycephala inornata)
Grey-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis temporalis)
Pink Cockatoo (Major Mitchell's Cockatoo) (Cacatua leadbeateri)
Pink-tailed Legless Lizard
Scarlet Robin (Petroica multicolor)
Spotted Harrier (Circus assimilis)
Superb Parrot (Polytelis swainsonii)
Tree Goanna (Varanus varius)
Wilderlands have developed one of the world's first voluntary biodiversity credits and launched a platform to make it easy for anyone to start protecting nature today. The Biological Diversity Unit (BDU) represents a 1sqm plot of permanently-protected and actively managed land in high ecological value projects across Australia.
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