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Our properties protect some of Australia’s most threatened ecosystems and provide critical habitat for threatened flora and fauna.
Telopea Downs
Telopea Downs is a conservation reserve of more than 800 hectares of Mallee Woodland located in the Mallee region of north west Victoria. The property is owned and managed by Carbon Landscapes and protects an ecologically significant area that supports a diversity of native plant communities and wildlife.
The site provides habitat for a number of threatened fauna species, including the Malleefowl, which is currently listed as endangered in Victoria. This species is a flagship for the heathland and woodland ecosystems of the region and is highly sensitive to habitat loss, predation and climate pressures.
Carbon Landscapes works in partnership with Zoos Victoria, the National Malleefowl Recovery Group, and Barengi Gadjin Land Council to ensure the long-term protection and restoration of this landscape through science-based conservation and culturally informed land management.
More on Carbon Landscapes as well as Telopea Downs can be found here.
What are we doing?
- Protecting and enhancing existing Mallee Woodland and Shrubland on property
- Established a fauna survey program in partnership with Zoos Victoria
- Undertaken a floristic survey of the property to understand how to best manage the property’s vegetation
- Working in partnership with Bird Life to determine feasibility of future introductions of Mallee Emu-wren populations
- Building on our existing knowledge of Malleefowl nesting mounds throughout property
- Installed camera traps to start benchmarking the presence of native fauna species on the property
- Established a bore-fed wetland, surrounded by a predator proof fence, to provide a continual water source for birds
What needs to be done?
- Work in partnership with Barengi Gadjin Land Council to explore opportunities to develop and implement joint projects to improve Country
- Establish a predator-proof fence to prevent access by feral goats, control predators and create a nature haven for existing native fauna and future reintroductions
- Reintroduce target fauna species (i.e., Mallee Emu-wren and Western Quoll) in partnership with Zoos Victoria, Bird Life and other partners
- Partner with nearby land managers, to create a network of conservation properties to achieve better outcomes for the nationally listed ‘Mallee Bird Community of the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion’
- Understand and implement recommended management actions associated with protecting the property’s endangered Green-leaf Mallee (Eucalyptus phenax subsp. phenax) population
- Continue feral goat control program in partnership with neighbouring properties
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