Biodiversity and Fire Management

Protection of life and property is the overriding priority in fire management, particularly as urban areas expand and rural residential developments bring more people into fire-prone areas. Some developments that take advantage of the scenic values of steep wooded land are in high-risk areas. So how do you manage your farm, grassland or bushland in both an environmentally friendly and bushfire-safe fashion?

Threatened Species

http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/wildlife-ecosystems/wildlife/wildlife_online/

Regional Ecosystems

http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/wildlifeecosystems/biodiversity/regional_ecosystems/index.php

Fire Management Guidelines and Planning Kits

Visit the South East Queensland Fire & Biodiversity Consortium website forinformation and resources:
http://www.griffith.edu.au/environment-planning-architecture/southeast-queensland-fire-biodiversityconsortium

Biodiversity and Vegetation Management

Protecting existing vegetation is the cheapest and easiest way to help protect native plants and animals and to improve degraded land. Vegetation is more than just trees, and includes understory shrubs and a diverse ground layer habitat. Ground layer habitat is composed of a variety of grass tussocks, a diversity of wildflowers, shrubs, ground litter, fallen timber, surface rocks and even bare earth. Healthy vegetation is critically important for the maintenance of biodiversity.

Threatened Species

http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/wildlife-ecosystems/wildlife/wildlife_online/

Regional Ecosystems

http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/wildlifeecosystems/biodiversity/regional_ecosystems/index.php

Greening Australia

http://live.greeningaustralia.org.au/nativevegetation/pages/index.html

Management Guides

Dorrough, J., Stol, J. and McIntyre,S. (2008) Biodiversity in the paddock:a land managers guide. Future Farm Industries CRC (FFI CRC)
http://www.csiro.au/resources/biodiversityinthepaddock.html

Biocondition method

http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/wildlifeecosystems/biodiversity/biocondition.html

Biodiversity and Feral Cats, Foxes and Fish

Australia’s native plants and animals adapted to life on an isolated continent over millions of years. Since European settlement, they have had to compete with a range of introduced animals for habitat, food and shelter. Some have also had to face new predators. These new pressures have caused a major impact on some of the Condamine regions’ threatened species, and the worst offenders are feral cats, foxes and fish.

Threatened Species

http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/wildlife-ecosystems/wildlife/wildlife_online/

Pest Animal Management Guidelines and Information

Biosecurity Queensland: http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/4790_4823.htm
Invasive Animal Cooperative Research Centre: http://www.invasiveanimals.com
Pest planning Guide: http://adl.brs.gov.au/brsShop/html/brs_prod_90000002773.html

Biodiversity and Weed Management

Weeds not only are a problem for our gardens and pastures,they also invade our bushland. Australia has no shortage of weeds. About 11 per cent of our 18,000 species of wild plants were introduced from other countries. Controlling all these weeds costs billions of dollars. But where do these bush invaders come from,how do they get into our bush, and what can you do about it?

Threatened Species

http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/wildlife-ecosystems/wildlife/wildlife_online/

Regional Ecosystems

http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/wildlife-ecosystems/biodiversity/regional_ecosystems/index.php

Weed Management Guidelines and Information

Biosecurity Queensland: http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/4790_4823.htm
WONS website: http:// www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weedident.cgi?tpl=region.tpl&state=qld&region=con

Biodiversity and Grazing

Across landscapes, properties and even paddocks, the greater the variation in management strategies the greater the number of species that will occur.

Threatened Species

http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/wildlife-ecosystems/wildlife/wildlife_online/

Regional Ecosystems

http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/wildlife-ecosystems/biodiversity/regional_ecosystems/index.php

Management Guides

Dorrough, J., Stol, J. and McIntyre, S. (2008) Biodiversity in the paddock: aland managers guide. Future Farm Industries CRC (FFI CRC)
http://www.csiro.au/resources/biodiversityinthepaddock.html

Greening Australia - monitoring biodiversity

http://live.greeningaustralia.org.au/nativevegetation/pages/index.html

http://live.greeningaustralia.org.au/nativevegetation/pages/pdf/Authors%20C/20_Cupitt.pdf