Review of Grassland Management in south-eastern ... - Parks Victoria

Parks Victoria Technical Series No. 39
Grassland Management in SE Australia
improving the biodiversity, and also the habitat complexity of sites so that they are able to
secure the long-term survival of not just the flora but the fauna of these systems.
There is sufficient knowledge available to manage areas of high conservation significance to
maintain their biodiversity value. There is now a real need to learn how to enhance the
conservation reserve system. This does not mean the purchase of more semi-degraded
“natural” grasslands but an increased focus on how to secure species and communities not
just on the scale of individual sites but across regions.
Clear management goals need to be set for each grassland reserve and ways of achieving
these goals need to be included in management plans. Management plans, if they are to
assist in the bridging of the current knowledge gaps, need to include monitoring and adaptive
management techniques and should not be just about maintaining current reserve
conditions, but about increasing knowledge and enhancing reserve condition.
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