Approaches to land cover restoration and rehabilitation, and the mitigation of future land cover changes, including preservation strategies Flashcards
Restoration
The process and act of restoring land cover within ecosystems back to its original state following disruption or degradation to the area from either anthropogenic or natural interactions
Rehabilitation
Repairing the services that ecosystems provide, thus repairing its overall level of productivity
One approach to restoration
The Beeliar Wetlands
-Became severely degraded from urban and agricultural activities such as grazing
-Since the removal of these land uses, restoration and rehabilitation strategies have occurred
-The city of Cockburn have conducted annual revegetation projects to restore the Bibra Lake area and wetlands to its original state
-Other strategies include annual watering program of seedlings; removal of introduced pests and weeds; as well as maintenance and checks of regrowth
One approach to rehabilitation
Point Walter Reserve
-Has been subject to erosion from both anthropogenic and natural causes which has led to considerable loss of the beach and foreshore area
-The rehabilitation strategies implemented included the removal of non-endemic trees, placement of gabion cages and limestone boulders to mitigate from future erosion and revegetation of native seedlings
Mitigation in relation to land cover change
The strategies put in place in order to reduce and prevent future land cover change occurring from anthropogenic actions and processes
Preservation strategies (define)
Strategies that attempt to maintain natural environments that have not been altered by humans
Preservation strategies in Australia
-There are acts and regulations put in place to preserve and mitigate our natural biomes from future land cover change
-Include: Conservation and land management act; wildlife conservation act; environmental protection act; as well as the environment protection and biodiversity conservation act
