Biodiversity and Vegetation Management

Protecting existing vegetation is the cheapest and easiest way to help protect native plants and animals and to improve degraded land. Vegetation is more than just trees, and includes understory shrubs and a diverse ground layer habitat. Ground layer habitat is composed of a variety of grass tussocks, a diversity of wildflowers, shrubs, ground litter, fallen timber, surface rocks and even bare earth. Healthy vegetation is critically important for the maintenance of biodiversity.

Threatened Species

http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/wildlife-ecosystems/wildlife/wildlife_online/

Regional Ecosystems

http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/wildlifeecosystems/biodiversity/regional_ecosystems/index.php

Greening Australia
http://live.greeningaustralia.org.au/nativevegetation/pages/index.html

Management Guides

Dorrough, J., Stol, J. and McIntyre,S. (2008) Biodiversity in the paddock:a land managers guide. Future Farm Industries CRC (FFI CRC)
http://www.csiro.au/resources/biodiversityinthepaddock.html

Biocondition method

http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/wildlifeecosystems/biodiversity/biocondition.html