Is Management the Key? |
Managed area
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Unmanaged area
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same area, same rainfall, same animals, different behaviour, different trends, … |
different outcomes…
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different outcomes…
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Snapshots |
A good day for it…
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Sam Bingham all the way from Denver…
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Andrew Storey all the way from Perth…
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Human induced erosion…
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Humans and animals…
What roles do these introduced species have?
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Sam explains about erosion-problems
in other parts of the world
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Watch, wait and react vs. watch, anticipate, act…
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Introduced mega-fauna… a tool to manage
Australian landscapes?
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“ATTENTION!”
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On Kachana, beauty lies in the eye of the beholder…
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Micro-climate…
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Introduction to the fire-experiment
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When the first humans arrived in “Australia” this area
would have been covered in forest…
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What do we want to see here in 100 years time?
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This is exciting! All aboard and let’s go!
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New species new problems…
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Waiting for bed-rock to be exposed is not an option
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At a glance things may look fine…
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but a closer look at the top of water-shed
may challenge us…
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Many management actions have consequences
that do not meet the eye…
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“Vegetation:
an ecological stabiliser or destabiliser?” S. B.
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Should we burn it?
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Should we re-cycle it?
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Who gets the job?
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Exotic species: part of the problem or part of the solution?
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On Kachana we use animals as a management tool
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We use animals to grow grass…
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We use animals to stabilise creek-banks…
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We even use animals to revitalise hill side forests
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Is management a key?
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