Coordinated threat response to Threatened Ecological Communities across the Mackay Whitsunday Isaac region

Overview

This project will deliver an ambitious program to improve the condition and extent of high value Threatened Ecological Communities  across the region and will focus on two nationally significant ecosystems: critically endangered Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia (Beach Scrub) and the endangered Broad leaf tea-tree (Melaleuca viridiflora) woodlands in high rainfall coastal north Queensland (Broad Leaf Tea Tree Woodland).

These threatened ecological communities once formed extensive coastal habitats but have been heavily reduced by development, clearing and invasive weeds. Today less than 30 percent of littoral rainforest and less than 20 percent of broad leaf tea-tree woodlands remain in some areas, making the protection of remaining sites critical for biodiversity. 

Working with three Landcare groups as well as landholders, Reef Catchments will deliver targeted weed control across 90 hectares of high value threatened ecological communities, tackling invasive species that degrade habitat, increase fire risk and block wildlife movement. The project will also undertake 3 hectares of revegetation to reconnect fragmented habitat, improving ecological condition and strengthening coastal biodiversity corridors.

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