Safe Havens for Threatened Mammals
Yesterday the Wandiyali~Environa Wildlife Sanctuary Safe Haven Project was launched by Sussan Ley MP.
Part of the Australian Government's Environment Restoration Fund, this 4 year project aims to restore local mammals to the Sanctuary's 400ha mosaic of CEEC Box Gum Grassy Woodland and other ecological communities, and includes the development of a program of Cultural 'cool patch' Burning.
The project is integrated with the extensive research, knowledge and commitment to on ground work by organisations such as Mt Rothwell - Biodiversity Interpretation Centre, Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary, Arid Recovery, Australian Wildlife Conservancy, Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, Molonglo Conservation Group and ANU Fenner School of Environment & Society
Part of a network of Safe Havens with the aim to halt and reverse the decline of Australia’s ‘critical weight range’ mammals due to predation by introduced cats and foxes and habitat destruction.
National Environmental Science Program: Threatened Species Recovery Hub
Wandiyali Restoration Trust’s Reiner Rehwinkel, Carolyn Larcombe and Dr Ari Lowe with Sussan Ley MP, January 2020
NESP (National Environmental Science Program) Current status and future growth of predator free havens April2019 p8