Conservation science
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About connectivity conservation
'Connectivity conservation' is the main focus of the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative. Connectivity conservation means recognising the importance of maintaining, reconnecting and restoring habitats and ecosystems to help:
- reduce the rapid rate of decline in environmental health. This can be done by coordinating and integrating a wide range of conservation activities across all land tenures
- Australia's unique native plants and animals to be more able to deal with a range of threats including climate change.
Connectivity conservation has been the focus of considerable effort by scientists around the world for more than a decade.
A new independent report (Connectivity conservation and the Great Eastern Ranges corridor - ccandger.pdf, 1.2MB) prepared by Prof Brendan Mackey, Dr James Watson and Dr Graeme Worboys of ANU Enterprises provides the scientific basis for establishing a conservation corridor along Australia's Great Eastern Ranges from the Australian Alps to Atherton and beyond.
Other connectivity conservation projects around the world include:
Page last updated: 27 February 2011
