Southern Australia has a tree crisis. The iconic and ecologically essential eucalypt trees are dying out across vast swathes of farmland that were once grassy woodlands. A century of clearing and agricultural intensification, plus the failure of these trees to self-regenerate, has led to a massive loss of wildlife habitat, particularly tree hollows that only form in large and old Eucalyptus trees. Just as importantly, this decline in trees has exposed farmers to losses of agricultural productivity. There is now a lack of shelter for livestock. Rising salty ground water is degrading pastures as this ground water is no longer being controlled by the deep roots and respiration of eucalypts. We describe the research that shows how an innovative partnership between farmers, a non-government environmental organisation, and government funding is rehabilitating entire fields to a productive and wildlife-rich woodland full of thriving eucalypts.
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December 31 2017
Woodland Rehabilitation and Biodiversity Conservation in an Agricultural Landscape in South Eastern Australia
Miriam Adams-Schimminger,
Miriam Adams-Schimminger
1Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Email: David.freudenberger@anu.edu.au
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Graham Fifield,
Graham Fifield
2Greening Australia, Jamison, Australia
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Bruce Doran,
Bruce Doran
1Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Email: David.freudenberger@anu.edu.au
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David Freudenberger
David Freudenberger
1Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Email: David.freudenberger@anu.edu.au
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Case Studies in the Environment (2017) 1 (1): 1–14.
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Miriam Adams-Schimminger, Graham Fifield, Bruce Doran, David Freudenberger; Woodland Rehabilitation and Biodiversity Conservation in an Agricultural Landscape in South Eastern Australia. Case Studies in the Environment 31 December 2017; 1 (1): 1–14. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/cse.2017.sc.399598
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