NRM North, Tasmania
The Midlands region of central Tasmania has been identified as one of 20 Priority Places in the Australian Government’s Threatened Species Action Plan 2022-2032. However, the area’s high biodiversity values and conservation significance is threatened, including by inappropriate fire regimes, invasive weeds, and habitat clearing, fragmentation and degradation. A new project for NRM North aims to restore and enhance the biodiversity of the Midlands region by addressing key threats, promoting sustainable land management, and engaging the community in conservation efforts.
Funded under the Australian government’s Natural Heritage Trust and the Saving Native Species Program, NRM North will work with a range of partners, including leading conservation groups and property owners to protect threatened ecological communities in the Midlands, including native grasslands and woodlands. There is particular emphasis on threatened flora in the project, including efforts to survey priority habitat for the presence of a number of critically endangered orchid species.
