1. The Fitz-Stirling Functional Landscape Plan in Action – A CAP story

2. www.greeningaustralia.org.au 1a) Project Team - I’m just the story-teller Partners: –The Nature Conservancy –Bush Heritage Australia –Gondwana Link Ltd –Fitzgerald River Biosphere Group –South Coast NRM (early on) Corporate Donors –Shell –Lottery West –WesFarmers –Mirabella –Others…. 2

3. www.greeningaustralia.org.au 1b) Conceptualize – Project Scope – Multiple scales

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6. 6 Fitz-Stirling: area of main focus is within 10 kilometres of a line between Ellen Peak to Wangup Well. 70 km link

7. www.greeningaustralia.org.au Conservation Targets 7

8. www.greeningaustralia.org.au 8 1.Proteaceous Rich Communities 2.Mallet And Moort Woodlands

9. www.greeningaustralia.org.au 9 3. Flat-topped Yate (Or Swamp Yate) Woodlands 4. Tammar And Black- gloved Wallabies

10. www.greeningaustralia.org.au 5. Creeks 6. Freshwater Systems

11. www.greeningaustralia.org.au The sustainability imperative 11

12. www.greeningaustralia.org.au Fitz-Stirling Objectives* 1.Restore 16,000 ha of native vegetation…. 2.Protect and enhance 60,000 ha of remnant vegetation… 3.Improve the condition of 60% of creeks within 3 catchments 4.Increase the population of wallabies by 30% To be achieved by 2013-2017 12 *From The Fitz-Stirling Functional Landscape Plan V 2.0

13. www.greeningaustralia.org.au 2a) Fitz-Stirling Strategies* 1.Land acquisition 2.Ecological restoration 3.Long-term ecological management 4.Native plant-based enterprises 5.Noongar Cultural Corridor (reconnecting communities) 6.Bush University 13 *Greening Australia’s priorities

14. www.greeningaustralia.org.au 14 2b. Measures – Biodiversity, creek health and livelihoods Outcomes monitoring conducted by Bush Heritage Australia –Birds –Reptiles –Small mammals –Creek condition (baseline) Greening Australia –Revegetation success

15. www.greeningaustralia.org.au 15 3. Implement & Monitor – Indicators of Success – THE MAP

16. www.greeningaustralia.org.au Property acquisitions through time Past 7 or so years Closing the landscape gap! Compiled by Amanda Keesing, Gondwana Link Ltd 16

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24. The latest acquisition 24 ‘ Monjebup North’- Bush Heritage Australia (April 2010)

25. www.greeningaustralia.org.au Implement & Monitor - Restoration Successes Aril 2010 1600 ha revegetated (objective 10% completed) 996 ha of this reveg on private farms (Shell Reconnections Project)

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27. Yarrabee June 2007

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30. www.greeningaustralia.org.au Reconnecting Communities: Noongar Cultural Corridor –Education –Youth rehabilitation –Noongar Elder Eugene Eades – Award winner 30 Implement & Monitor

31. www.greeningaustralia.org.au 31 Celebrating on-country

32. www.greeningaustralia.org.au Multiple generations reconnecting to country & culture

33. www.greeningaustralia.org.au 4. Adapt & Improve; from the beginning! Have a good look around…. 33

34. www.greeningaustralia.org.au 3.5m

35. Traditional plantings Remnant Vegetation Benchmark

36. www.greeningaustralia.org.au Too dense, bare understory

37. www.greeningaustralia.org.au 3.5 m

38. 1.4m1.4m1.4m1.4m Learn and adapt: GreatPlains5 ‘habitat seeder’; 7m pass; ~40ha/day

39. www.greeningaustralia.org.au Learn and adapt

40. www.greeningaustralia.org.au 40 Monitoring – a structured way of learning In collaboration with UWA

41. www.greeningaustralia.org.au 41 Monitoring: 42 plots (20 x 14m) across 6 vegetation associations 50 species identified to date 50 species identified to date

42. www.greeningaustralia.org.au 42 4. Adapt and Improve Much improved ! Traditional planting

43. www.greeningaustralia.org.au Courage to learn and improve ‘Lifting the Bar’ ‘Old school’

44. www.greeningaustralia.org.au Still much to learn and improve… Peniup, April 2010

45. www.greeningaustralia.org.au 5) Capture and Share learnings – closing the loop 45

46. www.greeningaustralia.org.au 1) Conservation takes time Planning Pilot Implementation Time Impact Partner capacity 20 years

47. www.greeningaustralia.org.au Great leadership needs a great team 47 ~2005

48. www.greeningaustralia.org.au Adaptation should drive conception 48 “Past efforts, necessary but insufficient” - Robert Lambeck

49. www.greeningaustralia.org.au 49 1. Objectives & Strategies 2. Inputs (actions) 3. Outputs (consequences) 4. Outcomes (consequences) Monitoring starts at the beginning Measured and reported at 4 scales: 1.National 2.State/Territory 3.Landscape 4.Site/project Start here!! *GA Board May ‘09

50. www.greeningaustralia.org.au TNC Audit – Bring it ON!! 50 ‘Love tough love’

51. www.greeningaustralia.org.au CAP/Open Standards as glue 51 FLP 3.0 GA BHA FBG TNC GLink Ltd August 2010

52. www.greeningaustralia.org.au The Fitz-Stirling – our CAP/OS story 52 To be continued....!