DT: Revegetation of Priority Locations

Forest fragmentation, particularly in rainforest habitats like the Daintree, can have a significant impact on available wildlife habitat and movement of rainforest-specialist wildlife species. Revegetation can help connect those fragments and, once plantings reach canopy closure, they can provide long-term management of weeds through shading.

• Revegetating vacant or crown land – this fills gaps in the rainforest, can help raise awareness when it’s done in highly visible locations and can help manage weeds.
• Conduct revegetation along creek banks to reduce erosion and silt flowing to the reef.
• Using already cleared land more intensively and revegetating less productive land.

R-CM 8: Corridors, Connectivity and the Community
Strategically and collaboratively conduct restoration projects in priority locations across the Wet Tropics, to improve landscape connectivity and increase ecosystem resilience.