Wildlife Landtrust Newsletter Issue 11 2012

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THE NEWSLETTER OF HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL’S WILDLIFE LAND TRUST

WILDLIFELANDS ISSUE 11 2012

Shelters

Sanctuaries

WITHOUT WALLS

Since last edition

Australia is fortunate to have one of the richest assemblages of endemic species on the planet, and is recognised as one of the 17 megadiverse countries that harbor the majority of Earth’s species. In the face of mounting threats to biodiversity the world over, it is increasingly falling to caring private landholders, as the stewards of their particular piece of land, to stand up for wildlife and their habitats. The Wildlife Land Trust is here to support those people, and every hectare counts.

Following the release of Wildlife Lands Issue 10 mid-year, a further 22 member refuges have joined the Wildlife Land Trust fold, taking the total area of land declared as wildlife friendly through the program to 34,185 hectares and the tally of new members that have joined this year to 44. Of the 22 to have joined since last edition 2 are located in Western Australia, 7 in Queensland, 1 each in Tasmania and Victoria, and the majority (11) hail from New South Wales. After heading to the Australian Wildlife Rehabilitation Conference held in Townsville during July, we took the opportunity to visit several WLT refuges in the general region and add to the number of member sanctuaries toured earlier in the year. You can read about the conference, of which the WLT was a proud sponsor, as well as the following trip to a stunning area of the world on page 7.

What you’ll find inside Several WLT members from around the country have been kind enough to put together articles about their sanctuaries, which you will find on pages 2-5. Our thanks to Oma and Stephen Rodger (TAS), Michael Mueller (NSW), John and Lorraine McCann (QLD), Ken and Sandra Loveland (WA), Jill Redwood (VIC) and the Thorondor family (QLD) for your contributions.

Scarlett honeyeater at WLT refuge “Humane Farm Management” — Lee McCosker

Following these on page 6 you will find information on the WLT/HSI supported guard posts and patrols in Tanjung Puting National Park, operated by The Orangutan Foundation. And over the page, alongside the rehabilitation conference and WLT visits article, is a piece on the recently released National Wildlife Corridors Plan, along with instructions on how to get your own copy should you be interested. The now commonplace Threatened Ecological Community and Species profiles, located on pages 8 and 9 in this issue, focus on the Subtropical and Temperate Coastal Saltmarsh (nominated by the WLT/HSI in 2010 with a listing decision due next year) and short-beaked echidna respectively, and precede an updated map of the spread of WLT refuges throughout Australia, and a table summarising new members that have come on board since Issue 10 was released earlier in the year. Continued on page 2

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