Corner Inlet connections

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Corner Inlet Ramsar wetland is a recognised haven for migratory and resident shorebirds and made up of extensive seagrass meadows, and unique intertidal mudflats and forests of white mangrove (Avicennia marina) – the world’s most southerly distribution of this species.

This project aims to reduce key threats and protect and enhance the values of Corner Inlet wetland that is protected under the Convention of Wetlands declared in Ramsar, Iran in 1971.

We will work with Traditional Owners, partners, landholders and community to:

Protect mudflat and saltmarsh communities through controlling the high threat weed Spartina.
Protect and enhance saltmarsh communities through stock exclusion fencing, weed control and weed monitoring.
Manage threats to shorebirds, like the Hooded Plover, through controlling pests.

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Funded by the Australian Government Natural Heritage Trust and delivered by West Gippsland CMA, a member of the Commonwealth Regional Delivery Partners panel.

In the first of this five-year project, positive results were achieved including treating spartina, controlling foxes to protect shorebirds, improving water quality, and safeguarding 136 hectares of saltmarsh including a 25 hectare Trust for Nature covenant protecting the area forever.

In total, weed control covered over the entire site of 67,000 hectares with 530 hectares of pest animal control and water monitoring will help measure results of the efforts across the broader catchment.

BirdLife Australia teams undertook seasonal shorebird counts and monitored the breeding success and health of key species of beach nesting birds such as Hooded Plovers, Pied Oystercatchers and Crested, Caspian and Fairy terns.

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54 Regional NRM organisations work with people across the country - from the local to national level to manage our land, water, soil, plants and animals.