eDNA for Biodiversity Action
Project Overview
Gascoyne Catchments Group’s new project, Engaging Pastoralists: Providing a Deeper Understanding of Biodiversity and Monitoring, will work with pastoral businesses across the Gascoyne and Lower Pilbara bioregions to strengthen biodiversity outcomes in arid grazing landscapes. This project will support landholders to measure, monitor and manage biodiversity at scale, building practical capacity for restoration and improved landscape function. By integrating biodiversity monitoring into everyday management, the project aims to demonstrate clear links between biodiversity, soil health, productivity and carbon outcomes.
Project Goals
- Build pastoralists’ knowledge and capability to assess and manage biodiversity.
- Two properties will host site visits, monitoring, and training, providing real-world examples of biodiversity in pastoral systems.
- Field visits and GHG emissions session will connect biodiversity monitoring with broader environmental and business outcomes, including carbon awareness.
- 2 properties will host site visits sharing a newly established and an established key area on site providing real-world examples of biodiversity in a pastoral system.
- Share the benefits of protecting biodiversity assets on station, including increasing understanding of monitoring and plant species.
Key Activities
- Year 1 and Year 3 field visits with rangelands specialist to managed areas on two properties, one in the Gascoyne and one in the Pilbara.
- Rangelands Monitoring using Rangelands Monitoring Tool each year, working with land managers to increase overall understanding of landscape function.
- Deliver training on GHG calculators to provide producers with a clear understanding of emissions in a rangelands environment.
- Regional knowledge-sharing forums and biodiversity data reporting.
Learn more about the project here.