Vision: “Terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem integrity are valued, maintained, improved and restored at a landscape scale”
Goal 1: Conservation status of all terrestrial threatened and priority plants, animals and ecological communities is maintained or improved, and no extinctions occur, by 2030.
Protect native vegetation through the formal conservation estate, including state, federal and private reserves and legally binding covenants on private land
Conserve native vegetation through management agreements, voluntary Land for Wildlife agreements or financial incentives schemes for private landholders
Jointly manage conservation areas with Traditional Owners and Custodians
Actively manage remnant vegetation by undertaking conservation actions such as fencing remnant patches and controlling weeds and pests.
Build capacity of local communities or local government authorities to protect native vegetation
Restore or rehabilitate degraded vegetation
Establish vegetation buffers and corridors
Maintain current native vegetation extent and condition
Goal 3: An additional 5,000 ha of degraded private or public land restored to benefit biodiversity in the region by 2030.
Fence off remnant native vegetation to protect it from grazing and other disturbance
Promote environmental education resources to schools
Maintain biodiversity and cultural values at Aboriginal heritage sites
Goal 4: 25 research or monitoring projects implemented to increase scientific knowledge and community awareness of the region’s terrestrial biodiversity and improve conservation outcomes by 2030.
Improve scientific knowledge of native species, particularly priority and data deficient threatened species
Improve understanding of Aboriginal people’s connection to country and Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Improve community awareness of native species, particularly priority and data deficient threatened species, through environmental education
Undertake research into revegetation and regeneration techniques
Monitor change in native vegetation extent or condition
Utilise research outcomes to develop priorities for conservation action
Identify impacts of risks (e.g. climate change, salinity, fire, invasive species) on threatened species
Goal 5: Most suitable ecological fire regimes identified and developed, and impacts on biodiversity monitored, in at least 5 distinct ecological communities by 2030.
Monitor and research the impacts of fire in different ecological communities
Develop a methodology to monitor and evaluate the impacts of different fire regimes on ecological communities
Identify fire management zones
Identify appropriate fire regimes for threatened species conservation
Implement best practice fire management regimes
Learn locally-appropriate fire management practices from Traditional Owners and Custodians and knowledge holders
Investigate the potential of traditional fire regimes
Identify the impacts of different fire management practices on biodiversity
Implement best practice fire management regimes
Develop fire recovery plans for threatened species that don’t already have them
Acknowledgment of Country
We respectfully acknowledge the Yamaji and Noongar people who are the Traditional Owners and original natural resource managers of the Northern Agricultural Region and pay our respect to all of the Aboriginal Elders and leaders in the region, past, present and emerging
“Bandang jinangij ngala nyoongar boodja danjoo.”All people looking after Country together (Noongar).
“Barndi nhurra nganjungu barnagi yanayinha.”It is good that you come to our Country (Yamaji Wajarri).
