Conservation Management Zones of Australia
Swan Coastal Plains Shrublands and Woodlands
Prepared by the Department of the Environment
Acknowledgements
This project and associated products are the result of a collaboration between the Biodiversity Conservation Division and the Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN). Invaluable input, advice and support were provided by staff and leading researchers from across the Department of the Environment (DotE), Department of Agriculture (DoA), the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), and the academic community. We would particularly like to thank staff within the Wildlife, Heritage and Marine Division, Parks Australia and the Environment Assessment and Compliance Division of DotE, Nyree Stenekes and Robert Kancans (ABARES), Sue McIntyre (CSIRO), Richard Hobbs (University of Western Australia), Michael Hutchinson (ANU); David Lindenmayer and Emma Burns (ANU); and Gilly Llewellyn, Martin Taylor and other staff from the World Wildlife Fund for their generosity and advice.
Special thanks to CSIRO staff Kristen Williams and Simon Ferrier whose modelling of biodiversity patterns enabled identification of the Conservation Management Zones of Australia.
© Commonwealth of Australia, 2015.
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Contents
Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners and Country 4
Introduction 4
Zone at a glance 5
Population characteristics 10
Employment, volunteering and incomes 15
Agriculture, Natural Resource Management practices and sources of NRM advice 18
Land tenure, land use, Native Title and Local Government Areas 21
Zone vegetation characteristics 24
Ramsar and Nationally Important Wetlands 25
World and National Heritage 26
Major National Reserve System properties 27
EPBC Act (1999) threatened ecological communities 28
EPBC Act (1999) threatened species 29
EPBC Act (1999) migratory species 34
Threatened endemic species 36
Invasive species 38
The Australian Government acknowledges Australia’s Traditional Owners and pays respect to Elders past and present of our nation’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We honour the deep spiritual, cultural and customary connections of Traditional Owners to the Australian landscape, including Australia’s waterways, land and sea country.
Introduction
The 23 Conservation Management Zones of Australia are geographic areas, classified according to their ecological and threat characteristics. The zones are also aligned with the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia.
The Conservation Management Zones provide a way of understanding Australia’s natural environment that will assist in long-term conservation planning and help the Australian Government to better design, deliver and report on Natural Resource Management (NRM) investments, including ensuring alignment of national NRM priorities with local action.
The Conservation Management Zones also provide a filter through which to make national environmental and socio-economic data more accessible and comprehensible, and a framework for gathering on-ground knowledge and expertise about the environment. This will improve information flow to the Australian Government about regional NRM requirements, best practice management, emerging NRM issues and knowledge gaps.
The Conservation Management Zones do not represent any change to existing administrative boundaries or governance structures, but aim to support the NRM and wider community to cooperatively manage environmental assets across boundaries, where they share common threats, ecological characteristics and stakeholders.
Each Conservation Management Zone profile contains a standard suite of nationally available ecological and socio-economic information. We hope that this information will enable Australians of all ages and backgrounds to engage with, understand and appreciate Australian landscapes, and support all Australians to manage our natural resources more effectively.
The profile information provides an indicative, high-level stock-take of the environmental and socio-economic landscape and it is not intended to be comprehensive. It should also be noted that, at present, the profiles contain only limited information on aquatic ecosystems, coastal assets and Indigenous land management practices. In future, consultation and comprehensive literature reviews will enable us to provide more complete information.
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Zone at a glance
Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data
Major cities and towns
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Population
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Baldavis
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13,528
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Bunbury
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68,248
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Busselton
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21,429
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Ellenbrook
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25,549
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Perth (excluding suburbs in adjacent zones)
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1,565,129
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Yanchep
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4,236
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Natural Resource Management (NRM) regions
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Northern Agricultural Catchments Council Inc
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WA
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Peel Harvey Catchment Council
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WA
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Perth Region NRM inc
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WA
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Top five agricultural commodities
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Value (millions)
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Vegetables for consumption
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$140
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Nurseries and cut flowers
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$75
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Fruit
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$58
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Beef
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$49
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Eggs
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$38
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Total value of agricultural commodities (including other commodities not listed here)
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$422
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Climate characteristics*
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Mean annual temperature
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17.6 Celsius
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Mean Maximum of the Hottest Month
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30.8 Celsius
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Mean Minimum of the Coldest Month
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7.6 Celsius
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Mean Annual Rainfall
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737.1 mm
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Dominant rainfall season
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Winter
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* The figures are interpolated 75-year means (1921 to 1995) representing the period prior to the onset of rapid climatic warming. Cited in: Williams KJ, Belbin L, Austin MP, Stein J, Ferrier S (2012) Which environmental variables should I use in my biodiversity model? International Journal of Geographic Information Sciences 26(11), 2009–2047. (Data derived from Australian Climate surfaces version 2.1 for the ANUCLIM-BIOCLIM package).
For future climate projections please refer to: http://www.climatechangeinaustralia.gov.au/
Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data
Although there have been no Native Title Determinations finalised within this Conservation Management Zone, it continues to represent important Indigenous heritage values and places that are of deep significance to Indigenous persons and their practices, observations, customs, beliefs and history.
Based on data from the National Native Title Register; Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database (CAPAD); National Vegetation Information System (NVIS); Species’ Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT).
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