Biodiversity Conservation Programs

Our Biodiversity Conservation Programs

As part of our commitment to protecting the environment of the West Region, the Department for Environment and Heritage coordinates a number of biodiversity conservation programs including:

• Bounceback Gawler Ranges
• Community Engagement
• East meets West NatureLinks
• Environmental Pest Management
• Fire Management
• Lower Eyre Peninsula Bushfire Re-establishment Program: Scientific Program
• Marine Planning
• Marine Parks
• Threatened Ecological Communities Recovery
• Threatened Species Recovery
• Venus Bay Ecological Restoration.

Restoring the Balance

To achieve conservation of West Region's unique biodiversity, we need to understand the major threats to biodiversity and work together to implement action. Major threats to the biodiversity of Eyre Peninsula and the Far West include:

• loss of native vegetation - leading to fragmentation and loss of habitat that results in decline of species and disruption of ecological processes
• salinity - leading to land degradation, soil erosion, loss of vegetation and reduced water quality
• introduced species (pest animals and weeds) - leading to loss of native animals and plants due to predation and competition
• inappropriate fire regimes - leading to loss of local populations of plants and animals.

Undisturbed habitat		Fragmentation begins		Fragmentation progresses		Completely fragmented ecosystem

Restoring the balance requires a cooperative, long-term, landscape-scale approach to biodiversity conservation. We are working with the community to reduce the impact of threats to our region's biodiversity through a number of biodiversity conservation programs. These biodiversity conservation programs are based on sound ecological knowledge, underpinned by coordinated action, community involvement and partnerships.