24/11/2021
Seeds of Innovation at Carnarvon
Join Chris and Alison Wilson in this webinar to discuss harvesting native Bluegrass seed at Carnarvon Station Reserve and rehabilitating degraded grasslands.
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Australian Bustard in grasslands at Carnarvon Reserve. Photo Krystle Wright.
With almost 60% of the continent managed for agriculture, it’s important that we work with farmers and other landholders to deliver meaningful impact at landscape-scale.
We collaborate with the agriculture sector to deliver conservation outcomes and safeguard the environments we all love.
We work with the agriculture community – bringing over 30 years of measuring, monitoring and improving biodiversity to private landholders for the benefit of people and the environment.
Our 3 focus areas
1. Environmental services
Such as preparing accounts of natural capital and advising on fire, weed and feral predator management.
2. Biodiverse carbon capture
Using our experience to help landholders explore biodiverse carbon capture opportunities.
3. Natural products
Supporting the development of natural products (e.g. sustainable seed harvesting) that could diversify revenue to invest in conservation.
Farm-scale projects:
Midlands Conservation Partnership
The Tasmanian Midlands are home to some of the most threatened ecosystems in the world - temperate grasslands and grassy woodlands. This partnership brings farmers and conservationists together to protect these important landscapes.
In collaboration with the Tasmanian Land Conservancy we’ve been working with farmers in the midlands for over 10 years, using a fund that provides stewardship payments to farmers in return for conserving biodiversity.
Midlands Conservation PartnershipAgricultural partnerships:
Integrated Vegetation Condition
In partnership with Climate Friendly, we’ve developed a method, accredited by Accounting for Nature, of measuring the condition of vegetation. We can apply this on farms to produce evidence for agricultural impact investors and to certify biodiverse carbon capture.
We’re in the process of expanding the method to monitor vegetation on large rangeland properties with carbon projects (>10,000 ha) using satellite, drone, LiDAR and field data. Multispectral cameras can detect tree canopies along with tree height, species and density information. Combined with field data and spatial maps, we can accurately verify and monitor carbon storage and vegetation condition at scale.
Farm-scale Natural Capital Accounting
A national program, in partnership with Macdoch Foundation and La Trobe University, helping farmers measure natural capital assets.
A team of ecologists and other conservation experts are collecting data about biodiversity on participating farms. The team is then developing accounting protocols to deliver accounts of natural capital on the properties. Interest is building in the supply chain and finance sectors.
Webinar: Natural Capital AccountsOn reserve projects:
Biodiverse carbon capture
We use learnings from restoration work and subsequent carbon trade projects on our reserves to advise other local projects.
- The Eurardy Carbon Planting Project in WA is improving biodiversity in the understory of carbon plantings.
- In Victoria the Climate Ready Project is providing learnings on how to approach restoration and carbon capture in a changing climate.
- At Hamelin Reserve we’re working on a carbon project in partnership with the Malgana and Nhanda people.
- Native species have returned to what were once bare paddocks on Monjebup Reserve in south-west, WA - a template for successful ecological restoration in the area.
Harvesting Bluegrass seed
Native Bluegrass grasslands at Carnarvon Reserve in Queensland occupy under 600 ha but provide crucial habitat. As Bluegrass typically grows on fertile country, it’s often replaced by agricultural crops. Under climate change modelling, areas suitable for this native grass are expected to shrink.
We're harvesting Bluegrass seed to sell to local landowners, graziers and mines undertaking offset work. This creates a sustainable, minimal-impact income stream for Carnarvon Reserve and more healthy native grasslands.
Bluegrass harvestingDeep dive: webinars
31/08/2021
Farm-scale Natural Capital Accounting
Dr Jim Radford discusses methods he's developing for farmers to measure their natural capital – including ecosystem services like biodiversity protection, erosion and flood control.
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04/01/2021
Climate-ready reveg
A webinar with our science staff to discuss the impacts of heat and drought on eucalypts at Nardoo Hills in Victoria and our innovative climate-adjusted revegetation project.
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