Habitat 141 - Outback to the Ocean
Bold, strategic landscape-scale initiatives are required to address the complex challenges facing Victoria’s natural landscape including climate change, loss of biodiversity, salinity, reduced water quality and weeds.
Habitat 141 is such an initiative. Stretching more than 500km, this initiative aims to restore and reconnect the distinct landscapes that straddle the South Australian and Victorian borders.
Officially recognised as a biodiversity hotspot, the region is made up of a diverse range of ecosystems and a number of iconic landscapes including The Grampians, Wyperfeld National Park, The Coorong and The Murray River.
The initiative, which is being driven by Greening Australia, is striving to reconnect the extensive heathlands and mallee bushland of Murray-Sunset, Big Desert, Wyperfeld and Little Desert National Parks down through to the red gum country and threatened buloke grassy woodlands, through to limestone rich coastal plains.
Building on a strong foundation
Habitat 141 builds on the foundations of existing projects within the region including the hugely successful Project Hindmarsh.
Now in its tenth year Project Hindmarsh has linked the Big and Little deserts, restored more than 2000km of roadside vegetation and established more than 1.5 million trees and shrubs.
Restoring native bushland and connecting large habitat areas such as national parks and reserves can help our native plants and animals respond to current and future threats such as salinity, climate change, weeds and feral pests.
Find out more
Greening Australia is proud to be leading the way with Habitat 141 and is looking forward to working with key organisations to make this vision happen.
For more information contact Ron Dodds from Greening Australia on (03) 5381 1010. You can also download our Habitat 141 brochure to find out more about this incredible vision.
Related links
Habitat 141 - Connecting the Outback to the Ocean PDF (821KB)
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