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STRATEGY ACTIONS
15: Learning and Research
Opportunities
15.1 Promote student research topics on biodiversity and
urban landscapes.
15.2 Provide opportunities for staff and students to monitor
and actively participate in landscape projects.
16: ‘Outdoor education’ reserves
16.1 Establish Biodiversity Education Precincts. 16.2 Investigate student research project topics for
implementation and monitoring of outdoor learning spaces.
17: Interpretation of Biodiversity Values
17.1 Prepare an Interpretation Plan for significant elements
of the Biodiversity Corridors that examines the need for accommodating visitors to the site, while protecting the significant biodiversity values of the place.
17.2 The interpretation of any part of the Acton campus
landscape will be seen as an important element of the conservation of the place.
17.3 Any rehabilitation of elements of the site will be on the
basis of their ability to support key fauna or flora species, rather than any aesthetic characteristics that the landscape may offer.
17.4 Information of the biodiversity values of the Acton
campus, and any management of these areas, should be publicly available on the ANU Sustainability and/or ANU Heritage websites.
17.5 Interpretive displays and information are prepared to
enable the significance of values to be understood by future generations
9
Strategy Implementation
This section provides an implementation program for the conservation strategies and guidelines for areas with biodiversity values on the Acton campus. The implementation program is set out with appropriate timeframes to coordinate with the ANU Facilities & Services Division and the use of the site by the University community for the long term. ANU will prioritise potential activities to suit available resources.
Implementation of the management strategies will be monitored by the ANU Sustainability Office (ANUgreen), and the ANU Gardens & Grounds Division, both of which operate as part of the Facilities & Services Division. The officer responsible for biodiversity management at ANU will monitor the implementation program to ensure that all milestones are reached in specific timeframes. Annual reporting on this will form part of the ANUgreen Annual Report that will be forwarded to the Associate Director, Facilities & Services.
9.1 Short-term (<1 year)
Short-term implementation strategies will be undertaken within a one-year timeframe. These actions should include the following:
Formal recognition will be given to the areas of identified biodiversity values, the Biodiversity Corridors.
Findings of the Biodiversity Management Plan will inform future planning decisions for the ANU Acton campus.
A routine maintenance program for specific areas at risk will guide future management of these places.
Prepare a photo and documentary record of any places that are currently known to support significant biodiversity.
Ensure that any major landscape works on or near Biodiversity Corridors, and any biodiversity values that are impacted by the works, are recorded.
Identify works to upgrade infrastructure in Biodiversity Corridors.
Continue rehabilitation of endangered grasslands and other flora species wherever possible, with particular attention given to the Old Canberra House Grassy Woodlands ecosystem.
Commence rehabilitation of riparian species along Sullivans Creek.
Continue avian and amphibian surveys.
Report on pest species’ numbers.
Develop formula to measure carbon sequestration rates (avg. carbon store per m2).
Investigate student involvement opportunities, particularly mapping of weeds, landscape design options, or establishment of Biodiversity Education
Precincts.
Identify any works to upgrade facilities to comply with BCA/DDA requirements.
9.2 Medium-term (1-5 years)
Medium-term implementation strategies are those which can, or will be, undertaken within the next five years. Some actions need to be planned and evaluated before they can be implemented, while others take some time to commence, given the available financial resources, and then continue for a few years. They include the following:
Review/revise the Biodiversity Management Plan as necessary.
Continue to record all major works at or near Biodiversity Corridors.
Integrate landscapes with heritage values into the ANU Heritage Strategy.
Ensure necessary maintenance is carried out in sympathy to biodiversity values.
Determine ‘nutrient cycling baseline’ for certain study areas.
Investigate procedures for effective control of pest species.
Implement a pest species monitoring system.
Develop survey techniques for other fauna.
Implement a weed monitoring system throughout the campus.
Promote awareness of weed and pest species to the campus community.
Implement biodiversity or other landscape-theme guided tours.
Establish Biodiversity Education Precincts.
Investigate student research topics for monitoring of Biodiversity Education Precincts.
Investigate opportunities for community involvement.
Develop a campus Biodiversity Trail.
9.3 Long-term (5-10 years)
Long-term implementation strategies are not expected to commence for up to five years, or which need a major change in the overall situation of the place before they will become feasible or realistic. They also involve the ongoing management and monitoring of programs. They include the following:
Review the content and strategies of the Biodiversity Management Plan and revise as necessary.
Report on the overall condition of Biodiversity Corridors.
Review extent of archival records prepared to date and revise recording programs as necessary.
Continue to record all major works to Biodiversity Corridors.
Review scope of maintenance program and amend as necessary.
Periodically monitor for BCA/DDA compliance, where necessary.
Periodically monitor Biodiversity Corridors for public access and any impact public visitation may have had.
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7 The Speckled Warbler was recorded within the LSCC, but outside the campus 8 Westgate 2007
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