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A collaborative approach for mining, environment organisations and Traditional Owners to manage and conserve biodiversity in Australia's Great Western Woodlands

Watson, Alexander W. T. ， Judd, Simon ， O'Sullivan, Wayne ， Watson, James E. M.

2015 MINING IN ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE LANDSCAPES 2015 null(卷), null(期), (251-263页)

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The Goldfields region of Western Australia is one of the most geologically mineralised areas in the world, being particularly rich in gold, nickel and iron ore. It also contains the largest remaining temperate and semi-arid woodland on Earth. In this paper, we describe some of the outstanding natural values of the Great Western Woodlands (GWW). We then show why contemporary conservation methods, which aim to capture specific target levels of biodiversity in a 'protected area system', will not guarantee the persistence of biodiversity across this landscape. Instead, the region's biodiversity can only be conserved by appropriately managing key ecological processes (e.g. fire, eco-hydrology, gross primary productivity, trophically important species) over the entire landscape. We argue that targeted research is required to identify what is needed to manage these processes. We describe the first phase of an initiative that works with all major stakeholders, including Traditional Owners, state and federal governments, local communities, non-government organisations and resource-based industry groups, which ultimately aims to forge a holistic long-term land use plan for the Great Western Woodlands.

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A collaborative approach for mining, environment organisations and Traditional Owners to manage and conserve biodiversity in Australia's Great Western Woodlands

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