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Whitsunday Integrated Pest Management to Protect Wetlands of National Significance

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Whitsunday Integrated Pest Management to Protect Wetlands of National Significance

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Project lead

Burdekin Bowen Integrated Floodplain Management Advisory Committee

Partnerships

(not documented)

Industries

(not documented)

Activities

On-ground work

Case study type

(none)

Funding source

Everyone’s Environment Grants - Round 2

Funding amount

$91,210

In-kind contribution

(not documented)

Start date

20 March 2014

End date

(not documented)

Summary

The project aims to control feral pigs and remove weeds (prickly acacia, rubber vine, hymenachne, parkinsonia and Chinese apple) from three Wetlands of National Significance in the Whitsunday Region (Bowen River): Birralee Pelican Creek, Abbot Point-Caley Valley, and the Proserpine-Goorganga Plain.

Benefits

The project will:
  • ensure wetland areas have the chance to regenerate and offer sanctuary to Australian native vegetation, animals and birds
  • decrease the area dominated by Weeds of National Significance, thereby allowing increased establishment and biodiversity of existing native species, or allowing the existing native species to establish more significant cover.

Lesson

(not documented)

Reference ID

130129

Last updated: 16 May 2015

This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2015) Whitsunday Integrated Pest Management to Protect Wetlands of National Significance, WetlandInfo website, accessed 20 December 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/resources/tools/wetland-project/whitsunday-integrated-pest-management-to-protect-wetlands-of-national-26cb/

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