Protecting Australia's Alpine biodiversity from nationally significant weeds (1)

This project will complement National Parks and Wildlife Service and volunteer effort to survey and eradicate orange and mouse-ear hawkweed from New South Wales, and protect significant Alpine bogs and wetlands in Kosciusko National Park from nationally significant weeds. These weeds threaten rare Alpine biodiversity. The Green Army Teams will assist an army of over 285 volunteers that have worked to prevent and control weeds over the past six years. Teams will undertake strategic surveillance and rapid response to prevent reproduction and control infestations, including follow-up control. The key to eradication now lies in greater efforts to survey the extent, across remote areas and river corridors. Weeds of National Significance control will be targeted to protect a range of threatened flora.

本项目将配合国家公园与野生动物服务部门（National Parks and Wildlife Service）及志愿力量，对新南威尔士州的橙花山柳菊（orange hawkweed）与鼠耳山柳菊（mouse-ear hawkweed）开展调查并予以根除，同时保护科修斯科国家公园内的重要高山泥炭沼泽与湿地，使其免受国家级重点杂草的侵袭。这些杂草正威胁着珍稀高山生物多样性。绿色军团志愿小队（Green Army Teams）将协助一支由285余名志愿者组成的队伍——该队伍在过去六年中始终致力于杂草的预防与防控工作。各小队将开展战略性监测与快速响应行动，以阻断杂草繁衍、管控其侵染范围，并落实后续防控措施。当前根除工作的核心在于加大对偏远区域与河流廊道内杂草分布范围的调查力度。针对国家级重点杂草的防控工作，将以保护多种受威胁植物类群为靶向目标。