Related Links
West Gippsland Biodiversity Information on the VRO Statewide website.
Information about stream condition and water quality on the Statewide VRO website.
Land for Wildlife Notes (external link) - information about managing bushland, natural regeneration, pest plants and animals, wildlife habitats, threats to wildlife habitats, and wildlife in farm planning.
This series of ten brochures on the DSE website describes major biodiversity management issues for freshwater ecosystems (external link). Each brochure outlines the source of the issue, its effect on the ecosystem and what can be done to reverse the impact. Brochures cover: changes to natural flow patterns; changes to temperature patterns; changes to riparian vegetation; sedimentation of rivers and streams; instream barriers; introducing fish outside their natural range; changes to river channels, and removal of woody debris.
Biodiversity research (including flora, fauna and freshwater ecology) is undertaken at DSE's ARI Research Institute. On this site there is a variety of useful information and downloads (external link).
The Riparian Habitat Management Guide - weed management in riparian areas: south-eastern Australia is available for download on the CRC for Weed Management website (external link).
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This document was last reviewed on 29/10/2010