Source: Community Action Grant

This project has successfully implemented 3 extensive corridor linkages on 2 properties. These 3 corridors link existing remnant vegetation communities throughout the landscape and have provided an additional 3.5km of tree cover to the properties. These corridors will increase the available habitat for native fauna. They will also increase biodiversity in the region and supply livestock with shelter. Over time these corridors will mature and assist in the natural regeneration of the area adjoining the corridor. These corridors have also increased the resilience of the landscape through decreasing fragmentation, and improving the capacity of the landscape to adapt to altering conditions.

The ‘Enhancing Biodiversity Connectivity in the Bergen Op-Zoom Ohio (BOZO) District’ project has promoted the Australian Government’s Community Action Grant program to other community groups. This has inspired some groups in the region to develop their own Community Action Grant proposal to increase connectivity in their landscape.