Esperance Coastal Shrublands and Mallee

Esperance Coastal Shrublands and Mallee

Conservation Management Zones of Australia Esperance Coastal Shrublands and Mallee 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: Lucky Bay, Cape Le Grand National Park – Georgina Steytler, www.wildandendangered.com.au Page 4: Chudditch, Western quoll (Dasyurus geoffroii) – Todd R Soderquist Page 10: Western Australian Christmas tree (Nuytsia floribunda), Cape Le Grand National Park – Tourism Western Australia Page 14: View from East Mount Barren, Fitzgerald River National Park – Tourism Western Australia Page 15: Rossiter Bay, Cape Le Grand National Park – Tourism Western Australia Page 16: Jewel Beetle, Fitzgerald River National Park – Georgina Steytler, www.wildandendangered.com.au Page 17: Monjebub Reserve – Jessica Wyld, Bush Heritage Australia Page 19: Western Ground Parrot, Kyloring (Pezoporus flaviventris) – B. Barrett, DPaW Page 20: Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) – Georgina Steytler, www.wildandendangered.com.au Page 23: Western Bristlebird (Dasyornis longirostris) – Georgina Steytler, www.wildandendangered.com.au Page 28: Dibbler (Parantechinus apicalis) – Perth Zoo Page 29: Mallee with a dense shrubby understorey (Eucalyptus aquilina), Cape le Grand National Park – Brooker and Kleinig Page 30: Other shrublands, Fitzgerald River National Park – Murray Fagg Page 31: Eucalyptus woodlands with a shrubby understorey – Murray Fagg Page 32: Open mallee woodlands and sparse mallee shrublands (Eucalyptus staeri) – Brooker and Kleinig Page 33: Mallee with hummock grass – Murray Fagg Back Cover: Lucky Bay, Cape Le Grand National Park – Georgina Steytler, www.wildandendangered.com.au © 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, Esperance Coastal Shrublands and Mallee 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����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 14 Ramsar and Nationally Important Wetlands������������������������������������������������������������������ 16 World and National Heritage �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������17 Major National Reserve System properties �������������������������������������������������������������������� 18 EPBC Act (1999) threatened ecological communities ������������������������������������������������� 19 EPBC Act (1999) threatened species ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 20 EPBC Act (1999) migratory species ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 24 Threatened endemic species ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������25 Invasive species ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 27 Vegetation profiles and management recommendations ��������������������������������������� 28 Conservation Management Zones of Australia, Esperance Coastal Shrublands and Mallee 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, Esperance Coastal Shrublands and Mallee Zone at a glance Area of zone: Population density: 2,921,327 hectares % of Australia: 0.58 people 0.38% per square kilometre Zone population characteristics Zone employment characteristics 20,000 3.4% 16,000 16,622 12,000 Number of people 8,000 4,000 0 otal T er 65 Ov a second language English as ndigenous 96.6% I outh (15–24) Y Employed Unemployed Source: Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data 3 / Conservation Management Zones of Australia, Esperance Coastal Shrublands and Mallee Regional Centres Population Top five agricultural commodities Value (millions) Esperance 9,902 Cereals for grain $45 Bremer Bay 205 Beef $28 Hopetoun 789 Oilseeds $26 Jerramungup 268 Wool $14 Ravensthorpe 388 Lamb $11 Total value of agricultural commodities (including other $152 Natural Resource Management (NRM) regions commodities not listed here) South Coast NRM WA Climate characteristics* Mean annual temperature 15.7 Celsius Mean Maximum of the Hottest Month 27.1 Celsius Mean Minimum of the Coldest Month 6.2 Celsius Mean Annual Rainfall 482.0 mm Dominant rainfall season Winter * The figures are interpolated 75-year means (1921 to 1995) representing the period prior to the onset of rapid climatic warming. Cited in: Williams KJ, Belbin L, Austin MP, Stein J, Ferrier S (2012) Which environmental variables should I use in my biodiversity model? International Journal of Geographic Information Sciences 26(11), 2009–2047. (Data derived from Australian Climate surfaces version 2.1 for the ANUCLIM-BIOCLIM package).

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