Land Management Strategies

Question 1

Land Management

Answer 1

The responsiblity of managing the use and development of land resources

Question 2

Caring for country

Answer 2

The management of land and waterways by Indigenous peoples, and the sustainable land management practices and initiatives led by them

Question 3

Aims of Indigenous land management

Answer 3

1. Maintain, protect and enhance the ecological health and diversity of ecosystems
2. Promote the productivity of landscapes
3. Conserve cultural values and traditions

Question 4

Indigenous Land Management Strategies

Answer 4

Managing controlled burns and setting fire breaks to prevent devastating bush fires and to protect outstations and sacred sites

Question 5

Non-Indigenous Land Management Strategies

Answer 5

Identify weeds and pest animals and eradicate or control those that hold the most threat to native plants and animals

Question 6

Joint Management Strategy

Answer 6

Collaboration between the CSIRO and indigenous groups to create Indigenous season calendars.

Question 7

Flora and Fauna Guarantee Amendment Act objectives

Answer 7

• to prevent taxa and communities of flora and fauna from becoming threatened and to recover threatened taxa and communities so their conservation status improves
• to identify and mitigate the impacts of potentially threatening processes to address the important underlying causes of biodiversity decline

Question 8

Ramsar Convention Objective

Answer 8

halt the worldwide loss of wetlands and to conserve, through wise use and management, those that remain.

Question 9

Trust for Nature

Answer 9

TFN is an Australian based conservation charity and aims to sustain healthy outdoor environments through the following mechanisms:
- Conservation covenants by purchasing properties through a revolving fund, placing a conservation covenant, selling to a private owner who must maintain vegetation
- Conservation properties, TFN owns 40 properties
- Education - TFN publishes resources to help landlords understand the importance of conserving native vegetation