Local Biodiversity Strategy: - Shire of Kalamunda

Firewood collection can have an incremental but devastating effect on wildlife habitat
through the removal of dead and fallen trees.
In order to reduce the impacts of inappropriate human use on natural areas the
Shire of Kalamunda undertakes the following activities:
• Development of joint recreational and environmental reserve management
plans;
• Community education;
• Installation of fencing as required; and
• Ongoing liaison between the Community Services, Parks and Gardens and
Environmental divisions within Shire.
4.10 Climate
The unique biodiversity found within Australia is largely a result of Australia’s
climate, soils and isolation. Current and future climate change will affect biodiversity
directly through changes to temperature, rainfall, extreme events, and through
altering the nature and intensity of existing biodiversity pressures (e.g. salinisation,
loss of wetlands, density and distribution of weeds). This will bring changes to
landscapes and ecosystem services as species adapt, emigrate or immigrate and
others become isolated (State of the Environment Report EPA, 2007).
Reducing the effect of other threatening processes may help to increase the
resilience of communities within the Shire of Kalamunda. This will mean that they are
more likely to withstand the effects of climate change and can adapt as necessary.
5 Conservation of Local Biodiversity
The value of biodiversity is increasingly being realised by local governments across
the country. Of all tiers of Government, Local Government has the greatest
opportunity to interact directly with the community. This gives local government the
opportunity to show leadership within the community, and to offer vital support and
encouragement to local land and property owners to conserve native flora and fauna.
Providing a local focus to biodiversity conservation allows the LBS to be developed in
a way that is meaningful to the community.
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