Some methods for resurrecting ecosystems

What we’d like to see.

Replacing the light green with the dark green and exchanging unnatural paddocks to bio-diverse ecosystems
  1. Vegetation maps made across all of Australia of both present existing vegetation and past vegetation communities (pre-colonisation).
  2. Data banks created that provide evidence of past vegetation communities in areas that have been altered since colonisation. This data can be in the form of photographs, oral histories, etc.
  3. Nurseries, forestry nurseries, farmers, landscape gardeners, surburban home owners within all regions growing plant species from original vegetation communities within their areas.
  4. Seedlings of understory and dominant tree species of the specific local vegetation communities raised and then distributed and planted across the country.
  5. Trail maps made in conjunction with the land reserves that are created to provide access through these already existing and newly created ecosystems.
  6. Mandate for a high proportion of land (25-75%) to be re-vegetated.
  7. Large scale protective actions on land such as creeks fenced from livestock, sites with young growth, saplings fenced from livestock.
  8. Existing structurally strong ecosystems increase in size and spread outwards via plantings.

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