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ECOS magazine article - Climate-resilient restoration of box gum grassy woodlands

ECOS magazine have published an article on CSIRO's research into climate-resilient restoration of box gum grassy woodlands as part of the Communities in Landscapes project.

Excerpt:

With a focus on climate-resilient restoration, Dr Suzanne Prober and her team are looking at the functioning of soil in box gum grassy woodlands.

‘Given predictions for a drying climate in south eastern Australia, the capacity of soils to capture and store moisture will become increasingly important for the success of revegetation efforts. We are targeting restoration of soil functioning in depleted native pastures, which are a common starting point for revegetation,’ says Dr Prober.

Seed Supply Strategies now online!

Greening Australia have developed a BGGW Seed Collection Guide and several Local Native Seed Supply Strategies.

These are now available from both the Communities in Landscapes and Greening Australia websites.

CSIRO Restoring Woodlands Field Day - Cowra

Date: 
21 May 2012 - 10:00am
You are invited to a CSIRO field day to see a new approach to restoring native woodland and pastures which aims to increase soil carbon and the capacity of plants to cope with a drier climate.

CiL Community Small Grant project PlaceStories

Several Communities in Landscapes Community Small Grant funded projects have been completed and PlaceStories created by the groups and individuals whose hard work and dedication to Box Gum Grassy Woodland conservation made this funding scheme a success.

Some of these PlaceStories are now online - take a few minutes to check out the brilliant achievements of these grant recipients!

What Have We Got Here?

Congratulations to staff and students of Henty, Burrumbuttock, Culcairn, Yerong Creek, and Pleasant Hills schools and the Murray Darling Basin Authority on the success of their Communities in Landscapes Community Small Grant funded project!


Staff and students from these schools joined with Charles Sturt University ecologist Dr David Watson to learn about Box Gum Grassy Woodlands and produce several fantastic videos and supporting worksheets for Primary School students across south-eastern Australia.


The videos have been distributed on DVD and are being hosted online by the Wirraminna Environmental Education Centre.


Watch the videos here!

Beckom students build homes for wildlife

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Emalene Munro and Lily Day display some of their nest boxes prior to installation.

CiL Benchmark study reports available

As part of the Communities in Landscapes project, the University of Sydney conducted Participatory Rural Appraisals (PRAs) in the Murrumbidgee, Lachlan and Central West catchments, along with benchmar

CiL research to understand impact of grazing management

A benchmarking study aiming to understand the impact of grazing management on the regeneration of native grasslands has been completed by CiL partner University of Sydney.

On the Road Again


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Native Seed Collection Workshop in Yass a hit!


Greening Australia Florabank

 


Communities in Landscapes

On December 14th 2010 Greening Australia's Florabank and Communities in Landscapes held a very successful community seed collection workshop in Yass, NSW.

With expert knowledge and advice from Stephen Bruce from Greening Australia, attendees learned how to collect, dry and store seed from different native species, as well as how to maximise the time different seed remains viable in storage.

Examining the ground layer

Examining the ground layer at Yass

Also covered on the day were the best sites to source seed from, how to maximise genetic diversity within collected samples, Best Practice measures for collecting seed whilst keeping the source site intact and healthy for generations to come, and standard protocols for collecting seed from public and private land as well as protected sites and threatened species.

The day concluded with some hands-on experience at Bookham cemetery, amidst dozens of flowering and seeding native forbs, grasses, shrubs and trees.

 

Similar workshops will be held in other locations on the Murrumbidgee, Lachlan and Central West catchments in Autumn 2011 - for more information contact your regional Community Woodlands Officer.

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