Photograph by Malcolm Haines
ABOUT THE RESTORATION PROJECT (CBRP)
… jointly administered and operated by the Coorong Wilderness Lodge (CWL) and the University of South Australia (UNISA) and team of volunteers.
The Coorong Biodiversity Restoration Project is a research-based land restoration program. The purpose of this program is to demonstrate the application of ecological principles and strategies to integrate scientific and cultural land restoration approaches, using examples of:
*Research on local ecosystems with students, lecturers and visiting
experts, through a partnership with traditional land owners
*Cultural knowledge by the local custodian the Ngarrindjeri people,
*Enhancing natural regeneration with the assistance of the local birds(emu Dromaius novaehollandiae) and other fauna,
*Designing habitats for threatened species and sustainable ecosystems orange-bellied
parrot, Neophema chrysogaster, southern emu-wren, Stipiturus malachurus (race intermedius , sand goanna, Varanus gouldii/rosenbergi)
*Planting and monitoring of a mix of local species on extensively degraded land
