{"id":9125,"date":"2025-01-22T05:02:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T05:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/forest-resilience-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T20:18:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T20:18:01","slug":"forest-resilience-workshops-copy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/forest-resilience-workshops-copy\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest resilience workshops"},"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”]IMPROVING BIODIVERSITY[\/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″]FOREST RESILIENCE WORKSHOPS[\/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_1737522175830{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]JANUARY 2025[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”5″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1737522839076{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]What\u2019s the best action for us to take to improve our threatened ecological communities?
\nWe have four in the Wet Tropics region that are nationally listed as threatened \u2013 Mabi forest on the Atherton Tablelands, lowland rainforest and littoral rainforest from Bloomfield to Ingham and broad leaf tea-tree woodlands between Tully and Ingham.<\/p>\n

Terrain NRM has received $2.25 million in funding from the Australian Government to help in the recovery of these ecological communities, so we\u2019ve been holding workshops with people who specialise in each of them, and who manage the land in areas including these habitats.<\/p>\n

Terrain is also co-hosting workshops on wet sclerophyll forest and rainforest uplands because they\u2019ve recently been identified by scientists as priority ecosystems in the Far North as well.<\/p>\n

Designing projects – from invasive species to tree-planting and fire management\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are working with partners to design a series of on-ground projects. They will include feral animal and weed control work, revegetation work, wildlife-friendly fencing and fire management. They could also include helping willing landholders with voluntary conservation agreements for their properties.<\/p>\n

The people involved include threatened species recovery group members, scientists, traditional owners, other land managers and representatives from local, state and federal government agencies.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve completed four workshops – in Cairns, Cardwell and Atherton. The other two are coming up soon – on littoral rainforest and upland rainforest.<\/p>\n

These workshops, and upcoming on-ground projects, are part of the \u201cForest Resilience – Improving Condition of Eastern Forests of Far North Queensland (Wet Tropics bioregion) Through Strategic Collaborative Action\u201d project. It is funded by the Australian Government\u2019s Saving Native Species program.<\/p>\n

Taking an eco-system approach to projects<\/strong><\/p>\n

Terrain NRM\u2019s Tony O\u2019Malley says taking an ecosystem approach is important.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe won\u2019t just be focusing on one species\u2013 this project has an entire ecosystem approach for the benefit of all the species living there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Consultant Steve Skull, who was part of the broad-leafed tea-tree woodlands workshop, agrees that\u2019s important.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been fantastic to see how many people are engaged in work linked to woodlands, and to see how much better understood its importance has become over the years. We now know just how many important species and processes these woodlands support and it is good to see they are getting some much-needed attention.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carla Catterall who is part of the wet sclerophyll forest and rainforest upland workshops and is a professor in ecology and environment at Griffith University and a member of the Wet Tropics Management Authority\u2019s Scientific Advisory Committee, says combining local knowledge and scientific principles is important.[\/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_1737523862030{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cThis project is the first step of many needed to preserve and restore these ecosystems. It will be a collection of smaller projects \u2013 a combination of what\u2019s important to do and what the community can do, guided by local knowledge and the best scientific information.\u201d<\/p>\n

The wet sclerophyll workshop was run in conjunction with the Wet Tropics Management Authority, which is re-examining values, threats and management responses in the greater Wet Tropics bioregion and beyond. This follows a listing by the Australian Government of the \u2018Eastern Forest of Far North Queensland\u2019 as a priority place under its Threatened Species Action Plan 2022-2032.<\/p>\n

The Authority\u2019s Terry Carmichael says collaboration is the key to recovering threatened species.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough these close collaborations between government and non-government, organisations can work together to try and stem the tide of biodiversity loss in this the most biodiverse and precious landscape in Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

This project is funding on-ground action in 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

An \u2018ecological community\u2019 is a group of species commonly found together. It\u2019s a naturally-occurring group of native plants, animals and other organisms that interact in a unique habitat that\u2019s determined by things like soil type, position in the landscape, altitude, climate and water availability.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Eastern Forest of Far North Queensland\u2019 is one of 20 priority places identified under the Australian Government\u2019s Threatened Species Action Plan 2022-2032. This \u2018priority place\u2019 extends from Townsville to Cape Melville and inland beyond the Atherton Tablelands.<\/p>\n

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