About the project
A major process of landscape restoration is underway in New South Wales. Natural resource management policy reform, coupled with Federal and NSW government funding has enabled NSW Catchment Management Authorities to address the key issues of biodiversity and agricultural productivity decline that stem from vegetation loss.
The Better Knowledge, Better Bush project is providing the science to underpin these landscape restoration initiatives and address gaps in our understanding of native vegetation and its management in agricultural landscapes.
The two-year project will develop new techniques, maps and guidelines for managing native vegetation for biodiversity and production outcomes. These tools will directly benefit land management agencies, policy-makers, farmers and other providers such as revegetation contractors, seed collectors and nurseries by improving knowledge and understanding of the function, dynamics and management of native vegetation.
The project will have long term benefits for the wider community by conserving biodiversity and increasing vegetation cover and contributing to improved on-ground outcomes for a wide range of natural resource management and farm productivity outcomes.
Project partners
Better Knowledge, Better Bush is a collaborative venture between:
- CSIRO
- NSW Department of Environment and Conservation
- Greening Australia
- Charles Sturt University
- RMIT University
- Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority
The project is assisted by the NSW Government through its Environmental Trust.
Regional Map
Research is underway in five southern NSW catchments: Central West, Lachlan, Murrumbidgee, Murray and Southern Rivers catchments.
