Conservation Plan Hughes Creek Landscape Zone - Strathbogie ...

6.2 KEY BIODIVERSITY ASSETS
Biodiversity Action Planning (BAP) attempts to take a strategic approach toward the conservation of
threatened and declining species and vegetation types, by looking for opportunities to conserve groups
of species, in appropriate ecosystems.
The identification of the appropriate biodiversity assets to focus conservation effort, is the most critical
part of the BAP process.
together the birds, animals and plants that utilise the same type of habitat. As per the focal species
approach, by protecting these assets, we are conserving habitat for a suite of threatened species
associated with that habitat. For example, by as a key biodiversity asset,
it incorporates all of the species that live in, and use Grassy Woodlands, as well as the individual
threatened species. Another benefit of this approach is that specific actions can be developed. (Section
7.0) based on the requirements of each asset (eg. to counter threats and improve the status of the
asset) Planning and implementation of on-ground works and actions that specifically target each of
these assets, can then be undertaken (GBCMA in prep.)
Eight key biodiversity assets have been identified for the Hughes Creek Landscape Zone. The 1787 BAP
sites have been categorised according to the dominant asset type. For further information on each
asset, along with threatened species examples, refer to Table 3.
Photo: Long-nosed Bandicoot (Perameles nasuta). Photo Ian McCann
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