Upper Barwon 20 Million Trees project

The vision of the Upper Barwon Landcare Network is to provide a ‘matrix of biodiversity’ across the landscape, providing links both within and beyond our region to increase the abundance and resilience of indigenous species. This project will improve the extent, condition and connectivity of native vegetation in the Otway Plain bioregion, with the specific aim of protecting threatened ecological communities and species. The project will involve strategic revegetation of farm land to build biodiverse linkages between previous revegetation sites, existing remnants, water ways and across catchments. The project activities include revegetation of 17 sites on private land, totalling approximately 8.7 ha, which will be protected by the erection of stock exclusion fencing. This revegetation will be carried out to the relevant Ecological Vegetation Classes, predominantly Grassy Woodland. Threatened Ecological Communities involved: White Box-Yellow Box-Blakely's Red Gum Grassy Woodland and Derived Native Grassland Threatened Species involved: Growling Grass Frog, Southern Bell Frog, Green and Golden Frog, Warty Swamp Frog (Litoria raniformis), Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor)上巴旺土地保育网络（Upper Barwon Landcare Network）的愿景是在全域构建“生物多样性矩阵”，在区域内部及跨区域间搭建连接通路，以提升本土物种种群规模与抗逆能力。本项目将改善奥特韦平原生物区（Otway Plain bioregion）内本土植被的覆盖范围、健康状态与连通性，核心目标为保护受威胁生态群落与物种。项目将通过策略性农田植被重建工作，在已完成的植被重建区域、现存原生植被斑块、水道及流域之间构建生物多样性连接廊道。本次项目活动包括在17处私有土地上开展植被重建，总面积约8.7公顷，该区域将通过设置牲畜排除围栏加以保护。本次植被重建将严格遵循相关生态植被等级（Ecological Vegetation Classes）标准，主导植被类型为草丛林地（Grassy Woodland）。 受威胁生态群落包括：白桉-黄桉-布莱克利赤桉草丛林地及其衍生原生草原（White Box-Yellow Box-Blakely's Red Gum Grassy Woodland and Derived Native Grassland） 受威胁物种包括：咆哮草蛙（Growling Grass Frog）、南部铃蛙（Southern Bell Frog）、绿金草蛙（Green and Golden Frog）、疣沼泽蛙（Litoria raniformis）、雨燕鹦鹉（Swift Parrot, Lathamus discolor）