- Title
- Our Mallee — from degraded to resilient: restoration through fauna reintroduction
- Creator
- Cheal, David; Mansergh, Ian
- Date
- 2021
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/185210
- Identifier
- vital:16624
- Identifier
- ISBN:0042-5184 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- The mammalian fauna of the Victorian Mallee region is the most depauperate in the state, with the greatest species loss. In recent years, land management has improved and some habitats (whilst still degraded) are slowly recovering aspects of function and quality, with notable progress to date. Is it time to consider reintroductions of species which are now extinct in Victoria, but can still be found elsewhere, particularly species that help restore ecosystem function? Focusing on Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, this project investigated the possibilities and opportunities involved and concluded that reintroductions are both feasible and desirable. A staged reintroduction program is outlined. Restoration of (part of) the original mammal fauna most likely will improve overall ecosystem resilience and thus biosequestration of carbon. Victoria can exploit the knowledge gained in such reintroductions in other states and territories and recover from its current malaise in faunal restoration. © 2021, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria. All rights reserved.
- Publisher
- Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
- Relation
- Victorian Naturalist Vol. 138, no. 4 (2021), p. 113-120
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright © 2021, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
- Subject
- 3103 Ecology; 3109 Zoology; 4104 Environmental management
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