Conservation Management Zones of Australia

Conservation Management Zones of Australia South Australian Eucalypt Woodlands Prepared by the Department of the Environment Acknowledgements This project and its associated products are the result of collaboration between the Department of the Environment’s Biodiversity Conservation Division and the Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN). Invaluable input, advice and support were provided by staff and leading researchers from across the Department of Environment (DotE), Department of Agriculture (DoA), the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the academic community. We would particularly like to thank staff within the Wildlife, Heritage and Marine Division, Parks Australia and the Environment Assessment and Compliance Division of DotE; Nyree Stenekes and Robert Kancans (DoA), Sue McIntyre (CSIRO), Richard Hobbs (University of Western Australia), Michael Hutchinson (ANU); David Lindenmayer and Emma Burns (ANU); and Gilly Llewellyn, Martin Taylor and other staff from the World Wildlife Fund for their generosity and advice. Special thanks to CSIRO researchers Kristen Williams and Simon Ferrier whose modelling of biodiversity patterns underpinned identification of the Conservation Management Zones of Australia. Image Credits Front Cover: Hindmarsh River, Victor Harbour – Copyright Graham Scheer Page 4: 42 Mile Crossing, The Coorong – Copyright SATC/Ann Nolan Page 10: Mt Lofty Ranges Southern Emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus intermedius) – Martin Stokes Page 14: Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), Kangaroo Island – Copyright Don Fuchs Page 15: Wiers Cove, Kangaroo Island – Copyright SATC/Cameron Bloom Page 16: Kangaroo Island Dunnart (Sminthopsis aitkeni) – Natural Resources Kangaroo Island Page 18: Wildflowers, Kangaroo Island – Copyright Milton Wordley/SATC Page 20: Mount Lofty, Adelaide Hills – Copyright Greg Snell Page 21: Australian Sea Lion, Seal Bay, Kangaroo Island (Neophoca cinerea) – Michael Snedic Page 23: Little penguins (Eudyptula minor) family exiting burrow – JJ Harrison Page 26: View over samphire, Kangaroo Island – Natural Resources Kangaroo Island Page 27: Chestnut rumped heathwren (Hylacola pyrrhopygia parkeri) – Peter Strauss Page 32: Remarkable Rocks, Flinders Chase National Park – Copyright Julie Fletcher Page 33: Eucalyptus woodlands with tussock grass, Cygnet River, Kangaroo Island – John Baker, Department of the Environment Page 34: Mallee with a dense shrubby understorey (Eucalyptus rugosa) – Brooker and Kleinig Page 35: Eucalytpus woodlands with a shrubby understorey (Eucalyptus cladocaylx) – Natural Resources Kangaroo Island Page 36: Mallee with tussock grass (Eucalyptus cneorifolia), Kangaroo Island – Brooker and Kleinig Page 37: Sedgelands, rushes or reeds (Swamps of the Fleurieu Peninsula) – Tim Vale, Conservation SA Back Cover: Hindmarsh River, Victor Harbour – Copyright Graham Scheer © Commonwealth of Australia, 2015. The Conservation Management Zones of Australia profile is licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia for use under a Creative Commons By Attribution 3.0 Australia licence with the exception of the Coat of Arms of the Commonwealth of Australia, the logo of the agency responsible for publishing the report, content supplied by third parties, and any images depicting people. For licence conditions see here. Conservation Management Zones of Australia, South Australian Eucalypt Woodlands Contents Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners and Country ��2 Introduction ��2 Zone at a glance ��3 Population characteristics ��6 Employment, volunteering and incomes ��9 Agriculture, Natural Resource Management practices and sources of NRM advice ��11 Land tenure, land use, Native Title and Local Government Areas �� 13 Zone vegetation characteristics�� 15 Ramsar and Nationally Important Wetlands��17 World and National Heritage �� 18 Major National Reserve System properties �� 19 EPBC Act (1999) threatened ecological communities �� 20 EPBC Act (1999) threatened species �� 21 EPBC Act (1999) migratory species ��25 Threatened endemic species �� 27 Invasive species �� 29 Vegetation profiles and management recommendations �� 32 Conservation Management Zones of Australia, South Australian Eucalypt Woodlands Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners and Country The Australian Government acknowledges Australia’s Traditional Owners and pays respect to Elders past and present of our nation’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities� We honour the deep spiritual, cultural and customary connections of Traditional Owners to the Australian landscape, including Australia’s waterways, land and sea country� Introduction The 23 Conservation Management Zones of Australia are geographic areas, classified according to their ecological and threat characteristics. The zones are also aligned with the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia. The Conservation Management Zones provide a way of understanding Australia’s natural environment that will assist in long-term conservation planning and help the Australian Government to better design, deliver and report on Natural Resource Management (NRM) investments, including ensuring alignment of national NRM priorities with local action. The Conservation Management Zones also provide a filter through which to make national environmental and socio-economic data more accessible and comprehensible, and a framework for gathering on-ground knowledge and expertise about the environment. This will improve information flow to the Australian Government about regional NRM requirements, best practice management, emerging NRM issues and knowledge gaps. The Conservation Management Zones do not represent any change to existing administrative boundaries or governance structures, but aim to support the NRM and wider community to cooperatively manage environmental assets across boundaries, where they share common threats, ecological characteristics and stakeholders. Each Conservation Management Zone profile contains a standard suite of nationally available ecological and socio-economic information. We hope that this information will enable Australians of all ages and backgrounds to engage with, understand and appreciate Australian landscapes, and support all Australians to manage our natural resources more effectively. The profile information provides an indicative, high-level stock-take of the environmental and socio-economic landscape and it is not intended to be comprehensive. It should also be noted that, at present, the profiles contain only limited information on aquatic ecosystems, coastal assets and Indigenous land management practices. In future, consultation and comprehensive literature reviews will enable us to provide more complete information. 2 / Conservation Management Zones of Australia, South Australian Eucalypt Woodlands Zone at a glance Area of zone: Population density: 1,112,995 hectares % of Australia: 83.55 people 0.14% per square kilometre Zone population characteristics Zone employment characteristics 1,000,000 4.5% 903,506 800,000 600,000 Number of people 400,000 200,000 0 otal T er 65 Ov a second language English as ndigenous 95.5% I outh (15–24) Y Employed Unemployed Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data 3 / Conservation Management Zones of Australia, South Australian Eucalypt Woodlands Cities and peri-urban areas Population Top five agricultural commodities Value (millions) Adelaide 1,277,174 Fruit $197 Crafers-Bridgewater 14,621 Dairy $55 Gawler 22,652 Lamb $47 Mount Barker 14,463 Vegetables for consumption $45 Victor Harbour-Goolwa 15,499 Beef $44 Total value of agricultural Towns Population commodities (including other $559 Angaston 1,934 commodities not listed here) Angle Vale 2,362 Climate characteristics* Balhannah 1,594 Mean annual temperature 14.3 Celsius Hahndorf 2,100 Mean Maximum of the Hottest Month 25.0 Celsius Kingscote 1,761 Mean Minimum of the Coldest Month 6.1 Celsius Lobethal 1,956 Mean Annual Rainfall 641.8 mm Lyndoch 1,616 Dominant rainfall season Winter McLaren Flat / Vale 4,071 Nairne 4,205 * The figures are interpolated 75-year means (1921 to 1995) representing the period prior to the onset of rapid climatic warming. Nurioopta 5,217 Cited in: Williams KJ,

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