Building Eco-resilience
The impacts of Climate Change cause additional pressures on ecosystems that are already stressed by overuse degradation, fragmentation and loss of total area. In combination, these factors reduce not only ecosystem resilience, but also human options for coping with a changing environment…..Most of these effects cannot be prevented or reversed in a short time. It is necessary, therefore, to improve the ability of species to adapt to the changes in their environment.’
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)
Conservation Volunteers is working to help key species and eco-systems to increase their capacity to adapt to climate change
Through practical conservation activities Conservation Volunteers will help protect “flagship” vulnerable species and places including:
- Marine Turtles (WA / NT)
Little is known about most of Australia's important turtle nesting beaches, but it is certain that turtles are facing increasing challenges to theirsurvival. Conservation Volunteers’ Broome office is our turtle conservation headquarters, providing a home base for a variety of volunteer-supported projects that will help us to understand the challenges facing sea turtles and how we can work with the community to care for them. Conservation Volunteers are collecting important information about nesting sites, levels of disturbance to nests and breeding times, all of which add to our knowledge of management options for these ancient sea creatures. - Upland Rainforests (Qld)
Home to many rare plants and animals, upland rainforests are shrinking in the face of climate change and land clearing. Wildlife including tree kangaroos are increasingly restricted to “islands” of remnant trees, and suffer predation and vehicle strikes when crossing cleared lands and roads. Conservation Volunteers are increasing the resilience of these upland habitats by planting carefully chosen species of trees to create wildlife corridors for upland rainforest animals. - Southern Bell Frog
Altered habitat and unpredictable water levels are among the threats facing the endangered Southern Bell frog. Along the Barwon River, Conservation Volunteers will construct “designer homes” for the Southern Bell frog, taking advantage of stormwater flows from surrounding areas to replenish important breeding sites.
Support the protection of these precious species and places by Joining Action for Climate Change.