{"id":8846,"date":"2024-09-25T05:15:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T05:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/mountain-top-nursery-frog-2-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T20:46:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T20:46:17","slug":"forest-resilience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/forest-resilience\/","title":{"rendered":"New $2.25 million forest resilience project"},"content":{"rendered":"[mk_page_section bg_image=”https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/web-banner-lowland-rainforest-broadwater-dawe.jpg” bg_position=”center center” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_stretch=”true” enable_3d=”true” min_height=”500″ js_vertical_centered=”true” padding_top=”” padding_bottom=”” section_id=”donate” el_class=”donate-1″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”70px”][mk_fancy_title font_family=”none” align=”center”]PRIORITY PLACES: ENDANGERED FOREST TYPES[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=”67″][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section section_id=”great-1″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1563789112768{padding-right: 36px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}” el_class=”great_header_left”][mk_padding_divider size=”100″ visibility=”hidden-nb”][mk_padding_divider size=”15″ visibility=”visible-sm”][mk_padding_divider visibility=”visible-tl”][mk_fancy_title size=”28″ letter_spacing=”4″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none” el_class=”terrain-title-2″]NEW $2.25M FOREST RESILIENCE PROJECT[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=”60″ visibility=”hidden-nb”][mk_padding_divider size=”20″ visibility=”visible-nb”][vc_column_text el_class=”sub-head” css=”.vc_custom_1727242111834{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]OCTOBER 2024[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”5″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1727241976007{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Forests from the coast to the mountain tops are the focus of a new $2.25 million project in the Wet Tropics region.<\/p>\n

The eastern forests of Far North Queensland have become a \u2018priority place\u2019 in the Australian Government\u2019s Threatened Species Action Plan, leading to a new forest resilience project funded by the government and led by Far North not-for-profit environment organisation Terrain NRM.<\/p>\n

Tackling threats to forest ecosystems<\/strong><\/p>\n

The two-year project will tackle threats to forest ecosystems and will include feral animal and weed control work, revegetation, wildlife-friendly fencing, fire management and working with willing landholders on voluntary conservation agreements.<\/p>\n

Tony O\u2019Malley, from Terrain NRM, said over 2000 hectares of habitat resilience work would be funded, with planning workshops currently happening across the Wet Tropics region.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are partnering with scientists, Traditional Owners, land care and threatened species recovery groups, local, state and federal government, and other land managers,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will be supporting work in broad leaf tea-tree woodlands between Tully and Ingham, Mabi forest on the Atherton Tablelands, in lowland rainforest and in littoral rainforest from Bloomfield to Ingham. All of these types of forest are listed nationally as threatened ecological communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will also be working in tall open forest (wet sclerophyll) and rainforest uplands which the scientific community recently identified as Far North Queensland\u2019s top two priority ecosystems. Our focus will be on threatened species in those ecosystems.<\/p>\n

Improving the condition of whole ecosystems<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAll of these strategic activities will be guided and delivered by stakeholders to improve the condition of whole ecosystems and increase the resilience of our forests to current and future threats, including a changing climate.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor example, our broad leaf tea-tree woodlands are listed as endangered and are also home to the endangered mahogany glider, to rare ground orchids and the Apollo jewel butterfly as well as many other plant and animal species. We won\u2019t be just focusing on one species \u2013 we\u2019ll be taking an entire ecosystem approach for the benefit of all the species living there.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1563789122720{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 34px !important;}” el_class=”great_header_right”][mk_padding_divider size=”206″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_padding_divider size=”50″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_padding_divider size=”50″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_padding_divider size=”5″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1727241842664{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\"\"The project – \u201cForest Resilience – Improving Condition of Eastern Forests of Far North Queensland (Wet Tropics bioregion) Through Strategic Collaborative Action\u201d – is funded by the Australian Government\u2019s Saving Native Species program.<\/p>\n

FAST FACTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The eastern forests of Far North Queensland are one of the 20 priority places identified under the Threatened Species Action Plan 2022-2032. This \u2018priority place\u2019 extends from Townsville to Cape Melville and inland beyond the Atherton Tablelands.<\/p>\n

The 20 priority places were strategically selected, with a good balance of threatened species and ecological communities, importance to First Nations people, and representativeness across Australia\u2019s widely varied species, landscapes and seascapes.<\/p>\n

This project is targeting six forest ecosystems which support threatened flora and fauna species. It takes a landscape-scale approach to reducing threats and supporting recovery actions.<\/p>\n

The Australian Government\u2019s Saving Native Species Program is providing $224.5 million over four years to support the recovery of unique plants, animals and ecological communities. It is guided by the Threatened Species Action Plan 2022\u20132032.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section el_class=”grean-btn-sec” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”47″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_button dimension=”outline” url=”https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/what-we-do\/waterway-health\/murray-and-mossman\/” align=”right” el_class=”green-btn” outline_skin=”custom” outline_active_color=”#175137″ outline_active_text_color=”#ffffff” outline_hover_bg_color=”#175137″ outline_hover_color=”#ffffff”]Read More[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider size=”100″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section section_id=”great-1-blog” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”105″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_fancy_title size=”28″ letter_spacing=”4″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none” align=”right” el_class=”terrain-title”]RELATED NEWS[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider visibility=”hidden-sm”][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row fullwidth=”true” fullwidth_content=”false” id=”post_grid_filter_1″][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=”grid_greate_3″ css=”.vc_custom_1743713175414{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

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