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Background Report
Gordonvale World Heritage Area Reserve Background Report www.tasland.org.au Tasmanian Land Conservancy (2015). Gordonvale World Heritage Area Reserve Background Report. Tasmanian Land Conservancy, Tasmania Australia 7005. Copyright ©Tasmanian Land Conservancy The views expressed in this report are those of the Tasmanian Land Conservancy and not the Commonwealth Government, State Government or any other entity. This work is copyright. It may be reproduced for study, research or training purposes subject to an acknowledgment of the sources and no commercial usage or sale. Requests and enquires concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the Tasmanian Land Conservancy. Front Image: Gordonvale homestead (archive photo) and the Vale of Rasselas landscape © Grant Dixon Contact Address Tasmanian Land Conservancy PO Box 2112, Lower Sandy Bay, 827 Sandy Bay Road, Sandy Bay Tasmania, AUSTRALIA 7005 | p: 03 6225 1399 | www.tasland.org.au | Contents Page Acknowledgments 2 Acronyms and Abbreviations 3 INTRODUCTION 4 Gordonvale Fundraising Campaign 4 Location and Access 5 BIOREGIONAL AND LANDSCAPE CONTEXT 7 WORLD HERITAGE AREA STATUS 7 IUCN Protected Area Management Category 7 Legal Status and Compliance 8 NATURAL VALUES 9 GEO-CONSERVATION VALUES 12 WILDERNESS VALUES 12 INDIGENOUS VALUES 12 EUROPEAN HERITAGE 13 INVASIVE PESTS, WEEDS AND DISEASES 13 SCIENTIFIC STUDIES 13 MANAGEMENT STRATEGY 14 REFERENCES 15 APPENDIX A – Gordonvale ‘For Sale’ 16 APPENDIX B - Bushwalking tracks into Gordonvale 18 APPENDIX C - History of Ernie Bond at Gordonvale 21 1 Acknowledgements The Gordonvale World Heritage Area Reserve was secured by the Tasmanian Land Conservancy (TLC) in 2013 after a successful public fundraising campaign to purchase this private freehold block of land. -
IUCN S07: TASMANIAN WILDERNESS (Revision to Existing
WORLD HERITAGE NOMINATION - IUCN S07: TASMANIAN WILDERNESS (Revision to existing Property inscribed in 1982) Summary prepared by IUCN (April 1989) based on the original nomination submitted by the Government of Australia. This original and all documents presented in support of this nomination will be available for consultation at the meeting of the Bureau and the Committee. Note: In the light of the Bureau's concurrence with proposals to further extend the nominated site, the State Party's nomination of 1,374,000 ha in total, further revised in September 1989, is discussed in the IUCN Technical Evaluation. 1. LOCATION Comprises a contiguous network of reserved lands that extends over much of south-western Tasmania. including five national parks (Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair, Franklin-Lower Gordon Wild Rivers, Southwest, Walls of Jerusalem and Hartz Mountains), four state reserves (Devils Gullet, Marakoopa Cave, Exit Cave and Port Davey) and part of Liffey Falls State Reserve, four conservation areas (Central Plateau, Oakleigh Creek, Southwest and St. Clair Lagoon), and"a number of protected areas, forest reserves as well as land verted in the Hydro-Electric Commission. Several outliers are included in the nominated area: Sarah Island Historic Site .in Macquarie Harbour; and lIe du Golfe, De Witt Island, Flat Witch Island and Maatsukyer Island off the south coast of Tasmania. Lake Gordon and some land adjoining it in the centre of this network has been developed for hydro-electric purposes and is excluded. 41°3S'-43°40'S, l4S02S'-l46°55'E. 2. JURIDICAL DATA Apart from approximately 330ha of privately-owned land in the Vale of Rasselas, on the Central Plateau and at Pillinger, land is publicly owned and includes 773,215ha under national parks, 2074h under state reserves, c. -
The Mariana Eight Spot Butterfly, Hypolimnas Octocula Marianensis
Draft in preparation for submission to Micronesica The Mariana Eight Spot Buttery, Hypolimnas octocula marianensis Aubrey Moore November 10, 2013 Hypolimnas octocula marianensis Fruhstorfer 1912, commonly referred to as the Mariana eight spot buttery or the Mariana forest icker, is a subspecies of nymphalid buttery recorded only from the islands of Guam and Saipan in the Mariana Islands. Because of its rarity and limited distribution, this subspecies became a candidate for listing under the United States Endangered Species Act in 1997. The objective of this article is to review what is currently known about this rare subspecies. 1 Taxonomy Hypolimnas octocula is one of four species of nymphalid butteries inhabiting the Mariana Islands including H. bolina, H. anomola, and Vagrans egistina. H. bolina and H. anomola are common. However, V. egistina is very rare, not having been observed since the 1970s (Schreiner and Nafus, 1997). As with H. octocula marianensis, V. egistina became a candidate for listing under the United States Endangered Species Act in 1997. The subspecies Hypolimnas octocula marianensis was described by Fruhstorfer(1912). The parent species, Hypolimnas octocula was described under the name Diadema octocula by Butler in 1869. In addition to H. o. marianensis, there are several other subspecies occupying islands of Palau, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and the Loyalties, Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa (Samson 1986). Samson(1986) revised the Hypolimnas octocula complex. He split the group into two species, H. octocula and H. arakalulk. In H. arakalulk, he placed only two subspecies, both from Micronesia: H. arakalulk marianensis from the Marianas and H. arakalulk arakalulk for Palau. -
3966 Tour Op 4Col
The Tasmanian Advantage natural and cultural features of Tasmania a resource manual aimed at developing knowledge and interpretive skills specific to Tasmania Contents 1 INTRODUCTION The aim of the manual Notesheets & how to use them Interpretation tips & useful references Minimal impact tourism 2 TASMANIA IN BRIEF Location Size Climate Population National parks Tasmania’s Wilderness World Heritage Area (WHA) Marine reserves Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) 4 INTERPRETATION AND TIPS Background What is interpretation? What is the aim of your operation? Principles of interpretation Planning to interpret Conducting your tour Research your content Manage the potential risks Evaluate your tour Commercial operators information 5 NATURAL ADVANTAGE Antarctic connection Geodiversity Marine environment Plant communities Threatened fauna species Mammals Birds Reptiles Freshwater fishes Invertebrates Fire Threats 6 HERITAGE Tasmanian Aboriginal heritage European history Convicts Whaling Pining Mining Coastal fishing Inland fishing History of the parks service History of forestry History of hydro electric power Gordon below Franklin dam controversy 6 WHAT AND WHERE: EAST & NORTHEAST National parks Reserved areas Great short walks Tasmanian trail Snippets of history What’s in a name? 7 WHAT AND WHERE: SOUTH & CENTRAL PLATEAU 8 WHAT AND WHERE: WEST & NORTHWEST 9 REFERENCES Useful references List of notesheets 10 NOTESHEETS: FAUNA Wildlife, Living with wildlife, Caring for nature, Threatened species, Threats 11 NOTESHEETS: PARKS & PLACES Parks & places, -
Characteristics of Interstate and Overseas Bushwalkers in the Arthur Ranges, South West Tasmania
CHARACTERISTICS OF INTERSTATE AND OVERSEAS BUSHWALKERS IN THE ARTHUR RANGES, SOUTH-WEST TASMANIA By Douglas A. Grubert & Lorne K. Kriwoken RESEARCH REPORT RESEARCH REPORT SERIES The primary aim of CRC Tourism's research report series is technology transfer. The reports are targeted toward both industry and government users and tourism researchers. The content of this technical report series primarily focuses on applications, but may also advance research methodology and tourism theory. The report series titles relate to CRC Tourism's research program areas. All research reports are peer reviewed by at least two external reviewers. For further information on the report series, access the CRC website [www.crctourism.com.au]. EDITORS Prof Chris Cooper University of Queensland Editor-in-Chief Prof Terry De Lacy CRC for Sustainable Tourism Chief Executive Prof Leo Jago CRC for Sustainable Tourism Director of Research National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Grubert, Douglas. Characteristics of interstate and overseas bushwalkers in the Arthur Ranges, South West Tasmania. Bibliography. ISBN 1 876685 83 2. 1. Hiking - Research - Tasmania - Arthur Range. 2. Hiking - Tasmania - Arthur Range - Statistics. 3. National parks and reserves - Public use - Tasmania - Arthur Range. I. Kriwoken, Lorne K. (Lorne Keith). II. Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Tourism. III. Title. 796.52209946 © 2002 Copyright CRC for Sustainable Tourism Pty Ltd All rights reserved. No parts of this report may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by means of electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Any enquiries should be directed to Brad Cox, Director of Communications or Trish O’Connor, Publications Manager to [email protected]. -
Managing Seismic Risk for Hydro Tasmania's Dams
MANAGING SEISMIC RISK FOR HYDRO TASMANIA'S DAMS ANDREW PATILE HYDRO TASMANIA INVITED SPEAKER Andrew Pattie has held the position of Dam Safety Manager with Hydro Tasmania for the last 4 years and is responsible for managing the safety of 54 dams. Prior to his current position, Andrew had 10 years experience as a civil engineer in the hydro-electric power industry in New Zealand. Dam owners devote considerable resources to managing seismic risks in New Zealand's dynamic landscape, and Andrew has been involved in a large number of earthquake engineering projects, ranging from seismotectonic studies to post-earthquake inspections of damaged facilities. (Full paper not available at time ofprinting) Experience from a number of large earthquakes worldwide has shown that dams have a very good seismic resistance, and have caused essentially nil loss of life during the last two decades. In the same period, there have been several hundred thousand fatalities due to earthquake effects such as building collapses, tsunamis, landslides and post-earthquake fires. The excellent seismic performance record of dams, together with the low level of seismic activity in Tasmania, indicates that Hydro Tasmania's dams pose an infinitesimal risk to the population of Tasmania. However, seismic risks cannot be completely ignored and responsible dam ownership requires that they still need to be considered as part of risk management activities. This paper describes Hydro Tasmania's approach to managing seismic risk for their 54 dams. The primary activities are: • determining regional and site specific seismic hazard • re-assessing the seismic resistance of dams, using analysis techniques and knowledge of precedent behaviour of dams during earthquakes • ensuring emergency preparedness includes post-earthquake response procedures. -
The Effects of Fire on Burrow-Nesting Seabirds Particularly Short-Tailed Shearwaters
Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, Volume 133(1), 1999 15 THE EFFECTS OF FIRE ON BURROW-NESTING SEABIRDS PARTICULARLY SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATERS (PUFF/NUS TENUIROSTR/5) AND THEIR HABITAT IN TASMANIA by Nigel Brothers and Stephen Harris (with three text-figures, four plates and an appendix) BROTHERS, N. & HARRJS, S., 1999 (31 :x): The effects of fire on burrow-nesting seabirds particularly short-tailed shearwaters (Puffinus tenuirostris) and their habitat in Tasmania. Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. 133(1 ): 15-22. https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.133.1.15 ISSN 0080-4703. Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, GPO Box 44A, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 7001. The synchronised breeding habit of many seabird species makes them particularly vulnerable to fires in the nesting area. Post-fire recolonisation and soil formation were studied on Albatross Island, and observations from island rookeries of shearwaters, fairy prions and fairy penguins in eastern Bass Strait and elsewhere were used with a view to understanding the long-term impact of fires on seabird colonies in Tasmania. Key Words: island vegetation, flora, Tasmania, fire, coast, rookeries, seabirds, soil depth, Puffinus tenuirostris, Bass Strait, habitat monitoring. INTRODUCTION and it is in such circumstances chat burrow-nesting seabirds are found in greatest abundance. Short-tailed shearwaters, Large populations of seabirds breed on islands around Puffinustenuirostris, are most abundant in chis habitat, Tasmania and it is on these islands chat wildfires frequencly with small numbers of liccle penguin, Eudyptes minor, occur, moscly through vandalism, sometimes by accident. scattered throughout. Figure 2 indicates the location of colony Deliberate burning by land managers also occurs. -
Male-Killing Wolbachia in the Butterfly Hypolimnas Bolina
Blackwell Publishing, Ltd. Male-killing Wolbachia in the butterfly Hypolimnas bolina 1, 2,† 2,‡ 1 Wataru Mitsuhashi *, Haruo Fukuda , Kazunari Nicho & Ritsuko Murakami 1National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8634, Japan; 2Kagoshima Prefectural Museum, Kagoshima Kagoshima 892-0853, Japan Accepted: 11 May 2004 Key words: sex ratio distortion, symbiosis, 16S rDNA, ftsZ gene, groE operon, wsp gene, tetracycline, Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae Abstract Some lines of the butterfly Hypolimnas bolina L. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) are characterized by their female-biased sex ratio. In these lines, most males die before reaching the middle larval stage. However, the cause of the bias remains unclear. We detected the proteobacterium Wolbachia in all individuals in the female-biased butterfly lines and in some of the lines with a normal sex ratio. Tet- racycline treatment of adult females of a female-biased line led to a significant increase in both the hatch rate of their eggs (F1) and the male-to-female ratio of F1 pupae. In addition, certain assays of tetracycline treatment on mother butterflies significantly increased the male to female ratio of F1 adults. Known bacterial sex ratio distorters other than Wolbachia were not detected by diagnostic PCR assay, nor by the sequencing of 16S rDNA amplified using general prokaryotic 16S rDNA primers. These results strongly suggest that the distortion of the sex ratio is due to the killing of males by the inherited Wolbachia. Sequences of the 16S rDNA amplified using Wolbachia-specific primers, the cell division protein gene ( ftsZ), the molecular chaperone groE genes (groE operon), and the Wolbachia surface protein gene (wsp) from Wolbachia in lines belonging to three subspecies of the butterfly (bolina, jacintha, and philippensis) revealed no variation among lines nor between female- biased lines and a normal one. -
A Review of Geoconservation Values
Geoconservation Values of the TWWHA and Adjacent Areas 3.0 GEOCONSERVATION AND GEOHERITAGE VALUES OF THE TWWHA AND ADJACENT AREAS 3.1 Introduction This section provides an assessment of the geoconservation (geoheritage) values of the TWWHA, with particular emphasis on the identification of geoconservation values of World Heritage significance. This assessment is based on: • a review (Section 2.3.2) of the geoconservation values cited in the 1989 TWWHA nomination (DASETT 1989); • a review of relevant new scientific data that has become available since 1989 (Section 2.4); and: • the use of contemporary procedures for rigorous justification of geoconservation significance (see Section 2.2) in terms of the updated World Heritage Criteria (UNESCO 1999; see this report Section 2.3.3). In general, this review indicates that the major geoconservation World Heritage values of the TWWHA identified in 1989 are robust and remain valid. However, only a handful of individual sites or features in the TWWHA are considered to have World Heritage value in their own right, as physical features considered in isolation (eg, Exit Cave). In general it is the diversity, extent and inter-relationships between numerous features, sites, areas or processes that gives World Heritage significance to certain geoheritage “themes” in the TWWHA (eg, the "Ongoing Natural Geomorphic and Soil Process Systems" and “Late Cainozoic "Ice Ages" and Climate Change Record” themes). This "wholistic" principle under-pinned the 1989 TWWHA nomination (DASETT 1989, p. 27; see this report Section 2.3.2), and is strongly supported by the present review (see discussion and justification of this principle in Section 2.2). -
Coastal Erosion Reveals a Potentially Unique Oligocene and Possible Periglacial Sequence at Present-Day Sea Level in Port Davey, Remote South-West Tasmania
Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, Volume 148, 2014 43 COASTAL EROSION REVEALS A POTENTIALLY UNIQUE OLIGOCENE AND POSSIBLE PERIGLACIAL SEQUENCE AT PRESENT-DAY SEA LEVEL IN PORT DAVEY, REMOTE SOUTH-WEST TASMANIA by Mike Macphail, Chris Sharples, David Bowman, Sam Wood & Simon Haberle (with two text-figures, five plates and two tables) Macphail, M., Sharples, C., Bowman, D., Wood, S. & Haberle, S. 2014 (19:xii): Coastal erosion reveals a potentially unique Oligocene and possible periglacial sequence at present-day sea level in Port Davey, remote South-West Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 148: 43–59. https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.148.43 ISSN 0080-4703 Department of Archaeology & Natural History, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia (MM*, SH); School of Geography & Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Engineering & Technology, University of Tasmania, Hobart 7001, Tasmania, Australia (CS); School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Engineering & Technology, University of Tasmania, Hobart 7001, Tasmania, Australia (DB, SW). *Author for correspondence. Email: [email protected] Cut-back of a sea-cliff at Hannant Inlet in remote South-West Tasmania has exposed Oligocene clays buried under Late Pleistocene “collu- vium” from which abundant wood fragments protrude. The two units are separated by a transitional interval defined by mixed Oligocene and Pleistocene microfloras. Microfloras preserved in situ in the clay provide a link between floras in Tasmania and other Southern Hemisphere landmasses following onset of major glaciation in East Antarctica during the Eocene-Oligocene transition (c. 34 Ma). -
CHANGES in SOUTHWESTERN TASMANIAN FIRE REGIMES SINCE the EARLY 1800S
Papers and Proceedings o/the Royal Society o/Tasmania, Volume 132, 1998 IS CHANGES IN SOUTHWESTERN TASMANIAN FIRE REGIMES SINCE THE EARLY 1800s by Jon B. Marsden-Smedley (with five tables and one text-figure) MARSDEN-SMEDLEY, ].B., 1998 (31:xii): Changes in southwestern Tasmanian fire regimes since the early 1800s. Pap.Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. 132: 15-29. ISSN 0040-4703. School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-78, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 7001. There have been major changes in the fire regime of southwestern Tasmania over the past 170 years. The fire regime has changed from an Aboriginal fire regime of frequent low-intensity fires in buttongrass moorland (mostly in spring and autumn) with only the occasional high-intensity forest fire, to the early European fire regime of frequent high-intensity fires in all vegetation types, to a regime of low to medium intensity buttongrass moorland fires and finally to the current regime of few fires. These changes in the fire regime resulted in major impacts to the region's fire-sensitive vegetation types during the early European period, while the current low fire frequency across much of southwestern Tasmania has resulted in a large proportion of the region's fire-adapted buttongrass moorland being classified as old-growth. These extensive areas of old-growth buttongrass moorland mean that the potential for another large-scale ecologically damaging wildfire is high and, to avoid this, it would be better to re-introduce a regime oflow-intensity fires into the region. Key Words: fire regimes, fire management, southwestern Tasmania, Aboriginal fire, history. -
Paradoxes of Protection Evolution of the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service and National Parks and Reserved Lands System
Paradoxes of Protection Evolution of the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service and National Parks and Reserved Lands System By Dr Louise Crossley May 2009 A Report for Senator Christine Milne www.christinemilne.org.au Australian Greens Cover image: Lake Gwendolen from the track to the summit of Frenchmans Cap, Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Photo: Matt Newton Photography Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................. 1 1. THE INITIAL ESTABLISHMENT OF PARKS AND RESERVES; UTILITARIANS VERSUS CONSERVATIONISTS 1915-1970....................................................................... 3 1.1 The Scenery Preservation Board as the first manager of reserved lands ............................................................ 3 1.2 Extension of the reserved lands system ................................................................................................................... 3 1.3The wilderness value of wasteland ........................................................................................................................... 4 1.4 Inadequacies of the Scenery Protection Board ...................................................................................................... 4 2. THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ‘GLORY DAYS’ OF THE NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 1971-81 ........................................................................................... 6 2.1 The demise of the Scenery Preservation Board and the Lake Pedder controversy