Corner Inlet Connections

Corner Inlet Ramsar wetland is a recognised haven for migratory and resident shorebirds and made up of extensive seagrass meadows, and unique intertidal mudflats and forests of white mangrove (Avicennia marina) – the world’s most southerly distribution of this species.

West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority (CMA) has commenced a new project aimed to reduce key threats and protect and enhance the values of Corner Inlet wetland.

“We are proud to be continuing the decades of work in Corner Inlet through understanding the threats we need to address to protect this significant wetland for our common future,” said CEO of West Gippsland CMA Martin Fuller.

Through the Corner Inlet Connections project, the CMA will work with Traditional Owners, partners, landholders and community to:

• Protect mudflat and saltmarsh communities through controlling the high threat weed Spartina.

• Protect and enhance saltmarsh communities through stock exclusion fencing, weed control and weed monitoring.

• Manage threats to shorebirds, like the Hooded Plover, through controlling pests.

In the first year of the five-year project, the CMA partnered with Parks Victoria, GLaWAC, Trust for

Nature and BirdLife Australia to achieve positive results including treating spartina, controlling foxes to protect shorebirds, improving water quality, and safeguarding 136 hectares of saltmarsh including a 25 hectare Trust for Nature covenant protecting the area forever.

In total, weed control covered over the entire site of 67,000 hectares with 530 hectares of pest animal control and water monitoring will help measure results of the efforts across the broader catchment.

BirdLife Australia teams undertook seasonal shorebird counts of migratory birds Eastern Curlew, Red Necked Stints and Bar-tailed Godwits and monitored the breeding success and health of key species such as Hooded Plovers, Pied Oystercatchers and Crested, Caspian and Fairy terns.

This project is funded by the Australian Government Natural Heritage Trust and delivered by West Gippsland CMA, a member of the Commonwealth Regional Delivery Partners panel.

West Gippsland CMA is responsible for over 40,000 kilometres of designated waterways across the region and delivers programs for healthy and resilient catchments.

All these waterways flow to the Victorian coast, discharging through the Gippsland Lakes, or directly into Bass Strait and the Southern Ocean. gl

The wonderful world of wetlands

Wetlands are among the world’s most productive environments and countless species of plants and animals depend on them for survival.

West Gippsland is home to over 1,500 wetlands including 11 that are listed as nationally important under the Directory of Important Wetlands Australia. West Gippsland CMA works with Traditional Owners, private landholders, partners and community to help protect and enhance wetlands in the region.

Acting as the ‘kidneys’ of the catchment, wetlands act as natural water filters and nutrient restorers. They provide essential habitat for wading and migratory birds and threatened species. Well managed wetlands also capture and hold flood waters before they enter or re-enter a waterway. Coastal wetlands also provide a natural buffer against extreme weather by absorbing much of the impact. This can speed up recovery and ensure communities are resilient and able to bounce back better from disasters.

Corner Inlet is known as a ‘Ramsar site’ under the Convention on Wetlands declared in Ramsar, Iran in 1971. The convention is the world’s first international environmental treaty to halt and, where possible, reverse, the worldwide loss of wetlands and conserve those that remain through wise use and effective management.

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