Koala Workshop with Hastings Landcare
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Come and join Hastings Landcare on Saturday the 05th August 2023 at Lorne for a Koala Workshop. The day will include discussion on how traditional ecological knowledge informs conservation, identifying koala on your property, drone monitoring techniques and on-ground works that can improve koala habitat. The day will be hosted by Hastings Landcare, Guulagu Koala Custodians, Koala Conservation Australia, and Trackz Drones.
The use and understanding of traditional ecological knowledge will make conservation efforts stronger. Arly McInherny will be talking about how listening to the sounds and language on country can give insight into conservation. Arly says, “Traditional ecological knowledge gives us such valuable insight into the world around us”. It is crucial to listen to country in order to know how to improve and protect it.
Learn techniques you can use on you own property to detect koala activity. Koalas can be tricky to locate and in some cases, landholders have lived on a property for decades and not realised koala were present. With over sixty percent of koala habitat in NSW being on private land, Koala Conservation Australia’s Cheyne Flanagan says, “habitat on privately owned land is such an important resource for koalas and needs conserving”. Find out more about Koala Conservation Australia’s Habitat Restoration Program on the day, which provides direct support to private landholders to restore habitat.
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Hastings Landcare Project: Supporting Landholders to Improve Koala Habitat (2022 - 2024)
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Gabrielle Stacey
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Landcare Australia
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