The Dandenong ranges is located in the east of Melbourne. Sherbrooke forest (located in the Dandenong Ranges) is a tall, woodland forest (wet sclerophyll forest) with a height of 60-80m and a crown cover of 30%. Sites in the National park are the ‘Hardy Gully Nature trail’ (a cool rainforest with massive eucalypt trees), ‘Margret Lester walk’ (a walk suitable for wheelchair users), ‘Coles Ridge Track’ (a wet forest) and a Picnic Ground (where you can experience native bird feeding). Some biotic features include many species of bird and a wide range of flora and fauna, such as mountain ash and tree ferns, which dominate the forest. These are reasons why families would have an interest in the park. Also Indigenous Australians would have interests in the park as they were original owners of the land and a lot of the history of the Dandenongs was created because of them. Parks Victoria have a role in managing the park and providing places where the flora and fauna are protected. …show more content…
This makes the park significant because without it they would become extinct. During the 1840s-1950s most of the trees were cut down. After the logging, the government bought back the land and made it into a national park. This made people realise value in it. The Wurundjeri tribe (the traditional owners of the land) believed the creeks had special healing properties and they would come every summer to collect resources to survive. The biodiversity of the of plants and animals attract tourists as well as the picnic grounds and walking tracks. Even though the national park is small, it contributes to the world as it makes cleaner air and is a home to many species. If the Dandenong ranges were not a national park, the area could be cleared for farming or agriculture and the flora and fauna would lose their habitats and would most likely become
Brimbank Park (coordinates 37.7340° S, 144.8370° E) is located in the Maribyrnong Valley (hollowed by the Maribyrnong River), near the Melbourne suburb Keilor. It is intersected by the Maribynong River and the M80 highway, which reveals the adaptive nature of the natural environment in a growing urban area. (Parks Victoria, 2013)
Bunyaville state forest, is a national park located in between the suburbs of Albany creek and Everton hills. Bunyaville has been educating the young minds of many school aged students for many years. Alongside the the education programs at bunyaville, there is a vast range of biodiversity, present at the site. From fish, birds and plants, there is without a doubt that bunyaville though having experienced a loss of biodiversity over the years, still has a lot of diversity within its species. The purpose of this report is to find and evaluate the biodiversity in the park and the conservation methods being used to maintain it.
Nature reserves are not just for wildlife but they are also places for people to experience the wildlife and give people the chance to study and learn about them or to enjoy them and the contact they provide with nature. The reserve is home to 600 different types of flowering plants as well ... ... middle of paper ... ... s three and assists five additional Tourist Information Centres (TIC'S), · Produces and distributes 80,000 copies of the South Devon Destination Guide, · Undertakes a national advertising campaign to promote the Guide, · Distributes the South Devon Destination Guide to TICs across the UK and to individual enquirers, · Funds and maintains the area's tourism website, · Has produced a district tourism strategy, hypothesis.
On the Sandy beach side, as can be seen from the image 2 and image 3, tussock and native grasses leading up to bank, thicker denser vegetation closer to water, the plants are all lower stratum. Opposite the beach, where on the other side of Maribyrnong River, there is a numbers of Mid-stratum trees. As a result of this, the plant from two sides are slightly different probably because the different direction of slope. Therefore, there is different sunshine area being exposed. More complicated, it is also an influence by climate. Melbourne is monsoon climate, accoding to Figure 6, Brimbank Park is located in Australia Climate zone 6. According to the total rainfall map in Victoria in 2015 (Figure 6) (Australian Government, 2015), the total rainfall of Brimbank is between 200mm and 300mm, which is a moderate figure in Victoria. Moderate rainfall create a comfortable basic environment for plant to grow, and different area of plant would have soil different structure, weathering and erosion. As a result of this, the plant at south facing slope would be more sheltered and moister, more productive forests. As for north facing slope, the plant would be usually drier, and less productive
P5: ‘It would be more convenient for Australians to visit nearby natural locations compared to the parks in the gold coast, (para 2).
The Forest Reserve Act reduced destructive logging and preserved watersheds which led to the establishment of national forests’.
Good morning/ afternoon students, teachers, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Mieka Bedggood as some of you might already know. I cannot but help share my pride as a modern Australian. We have a lot to be proud of, especially our unique landscapes which includes, our distinctive flora and fauna, and, also our multicultural community. Firstly let’s recognise our world renowned landscapes.
Snuggled within the natural bush setting of Cleland Conservation Park, and adjacent to Mount Lofty Summit, the park provides 35 hectares of open bushland habitat where visitors can interact with Australian wildlife. The Cleland Wildlife Park has been a major...
Wildlife, Nature & Wildlife: Unravel the best of wildlife and nature in Kakadu National Park(Australia)
Since its creation in 1916, the National Park Service (NPS) has had to balance between its two goals, which are to preserve wilderness and nature and to provide the public with access to these wonders in a monitored environment. These two goals tend to create a conflict for the NPS because as soon as one goal is given more priority than the other, the administration of national parks is harshly criticized by the public. The accusation that by allowing people to experience the wilderness, the NPS is corrupting the natural environment is very common, as well, as the criticism towards the lack of government funding to preserve nature and history. However, regardless of arguable criticism and a certain need for improvement, after one hundred years,
...hich is why it is a nature reserve. It is also known for its beautiful beaches. It also holds flora and fauna not found any were else in the world. It has no permanent residents living on the island but is guarded by on duty Natural reserve security.
By placing this emphasis on beauty in the wilderness the American people expected to see a beautiful wilderness, although in reality these two are not mutually exclusive. Muir supported a form of natural improvement in which alterations to the natural world are made, but not with any economic value in mind. Interestingly, Muir suggests that our wildness is a commodity to which, we are glad to see how much of even the most destructible kind is still unspoiled”. (Muir) By the time the National Park Service was founded in 1916 the American people wanted to be entertained by, and in, nature
...National Park which 3875 km2 in area. It's a region of aspen parkland and boreal forest. It was established as a national park in 1927. Being a preserved and protected area, the park is very rich in wildlife including elk, caribou, moose, deer, lynx, otter, and plains bison. It also features the only protected White Pelican colony in Canada.
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Just to the northeast of the Australian northern coastline, lies a series of islands that construct what is referred to as the “Melanesia sub-region”. The tropical marine water of the Carol Triangle surrounds the Melanesian sub-region, and it extends from the eastern border of the island of New Guinea in the northeast, stretching to the southeast corner to include Fiji, Vanuatu, and the Solomon Islands. Consequently, the Melanesian sub-region features some of the most enduring-undiscovered landscapes of our modern times. In the heart of the Melanesian sub-region sits the world’s second largest island – New Guinea. The eastern portion of the island of New Guinea along with the islands of Bougainville, New Britain, and New Ireland describe the geographic-borders of the Country of Papua New Guinea (PNG). PNG is located along the tropical geographic region of the Pacific Ring of Fire between 0o and 12o latitudes, where it receives rainfalls that range between 950 and 10,000 mm per annum (map). This equatorial location along with favorable natural and anthropogenic conditions allowed for a great number of astounding diversity of terrestrial vegetations to evolve and dictate PNG’s landscape. PNG’s landscape is dominated by multiple ecological formations, primarily forests that cover 78% of the total land area. Furthermore, the diversity of PNG’s terrestrial vegetations starts with beach grasses, on coastal lines, moving inland towards lowland tropical forest, and ending mountaintops alpine forests (table).