The aim of the Vegetation and Biodiversity On-Farm Project was to promote the protection of remnant vegetation and planting of biodiverse native species to improve biodiversity on-farms and enhance agricultural productivity by providing shade, shelter and wind protection and mitigating dry land salinity.
Focus
The Vegetation and Biodiversity On-farm Project benefited target threatened mammals, particularly in the Northern Midlands, by supporting landholders to protect remnant vegetation and plant diverse native species.
Value
Native vegetation on-farm is important in delivering services to farmers but it is also essential in securing landscapes for threatened species. Activities such as clearing, over-grazing, timber and flora harvesting, landscape fragmentation and fire regimes can lead to a decline in condition and fragmentation of remnant vegetation and important habitats. Riparian and wetland vegetation communities are particularly vulnerable to habitat loss, and modification and clearing of riparian and wetland vegetation or degradation of these habitats by uncontrolled stock access has a direct impact on water, estuaries, coastal and marine assets.
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“As well as creating a safe habitat for threatened species, revegetation activities and the protection of remnant vegetation enhance agricultural productivity by providing shade, shelter and wind protection and mitigating dry land salinity.” – Adrian James, NRM North.
This project was supported by NRM North, through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program.
This project is supported by NRM North, through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program.
Tackling high priority weeds that affect agriculture and the environment.
Promoting best practices that improve the sustainability, productivity, and profitability of Tasmania’s agricultural landscapes and soil conditions.
Providing important core agricultural services within the NRM North region.
It aims to support drought-affected farmers with new strategies to improve drought resilience.
The erosion economic calculator was developed to support the hillslope erosion work undertaken by NRM North, and is now offered as a resource for the broader agricultural community to understand the financial risks of erosion on cropping land.
Increasing target farmers' understanding of hillslope erosion.
Raising awareness of the limitations in productivity caused by soil acidification in pastures.
Improving carbon flow into the soil in cropping systems and pasture.
The Agriculture Stewardship Carbon + Biodiversity Pilot is trialling arrangements to reward farmers for improving on-farm biodiversity together with carbon projects under the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF).
The Agriculture Stewardship Enhancing Remnant Vegetation Pilot is trialling mechanisms to pay farmers for improving biodiversity on farms.