Biodiverse Bruny Island – safeguarding natural heritage

This multi-year project is working to safeguard the biodiversity values of Bruny Island through actions to protect threatened species and ecological communities. Through focused efforts across biodiversity hotspots island-wide, NRM South’s project is working to improve outcomes for Bruny Island’s rare and important species and ecosystems.

A ‘biodiversity hotspot’ situated off the south-east coast of Tasmania, Bruny Island is an important stronghold for nationally threatened species including Eastern Quolls, Swift Parrots and Forty-spotted Pardalotes, as well as being an importing breeding area for Little Penguins and Short-tailed Shearwaters. Its landscapes are a mix of reserves, residential land, and farming areas.

NRM South has led projects on Bruny Island for close to two decades, focusing on issues such as conserving the island’s White Gums and Forty-spotted Pardalote populations, marine debris management, feral cat control and improving community awareness about cat management.

Current project actions are focused on support for cultural burning, feral animal monitoring and management, on-ground actions to protect Forty-spotted Pardalotes and habitat improvement measures.