Growing human populations coupled with increasing anthropogenic activities has led to the wide scale destruction, degradation and fragmentation of Australia’s ecosystems. To mitigate the degradation of Australia’s ecosystems, a shift in the approach to land management will be required. Hills for Habitat is a concept which has been developed to help guide biodiversity conservation across the private and public landscape. The concept utilizes a sustainable approach to land management which helps form natural reserves and corridors without impeding on productive agricultural land which can be farmed sustainable.
The concept of Hills for Habitat involves dedicating sloped land for biodiversity conservation as a starting point for the implementation of the reserves and corridors necessary to sustain healthy levels of biodiversity. Dependent on the annual rainfall of a region, land with a slope greater than 10% to 20% is not suitable for sustainable agricultural activities, however, such land can provide excellent habitat for biodiversity. Do to the geomorphic features along the east coast of Australia, simply dedicating land that has a slope greater than 10% to 20% creates a strong base for natural corridors which allows species to migrate north and south. While this approach has been developed to help conserve the biodiversity along Australia’s east coast, such an approach would be an effect starting point for many areas around the planet.
An Environmental Engineer who is passionate about the conservation of biodiversity developed this concept as a sustainable, logical and effective approach to land management along the east coast of Australia. Our goal is to help educate landholders, land managers and communities about sustainable land management approaches which help conserve biodiversity.
Please feel free to contact us if you feel we can help you manage your land in a more sustainable manner.
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