Hunter Koala Habitat Restoration Project

Brief description

The Hunter region of New South Wales has a history of active vegetation restoration programs. However, there is no central repository for documenting these efforts. This BioCollect project has been developed to address that need. The format and content were developed by experienced ecological restoration practitioners. Data acquired on the location and characteristics of restoration sites, the work undertaken at the sites and the outcomes achieved create an information base for coordinating and planning large-scale restoration programs, and provide data for summarising and analysing restoration work at different spatial and temporal scales. Data is entered into standard forms. The Site Information and Work Details form captures characteristics of the work site and details the on-ground restoration activities conducted at the site. Additional data forms log the progress of restoration work on individual sites and results of site monitoring programs. The data entry templates developed for this project are available to ALA BioCollect Ecoscience Projects in other regions and with other vegetation restoration goals. Assistance with navigating the project and entering data is available in the User Guide and associated documents which can be found in the Resources page. The project is funded by the NSW Koala Strategy.