Healthy River and Reef / South Johnstone River/ Revegetation - Phase 1

The overall project of which this project is a part is to revegetate approximately 12,000 trees (4.4 hectares) on the South Johnstone River at a visible location to enrich and extend remnant vegetation and increase community awareness of the need for and practical methods of riverine restoration necessary to protect both the river and the reef. The project will contribute to resilience to local climate change, to restoration of Indigenous cultural values and to restoration of terrestrial and aquatic corridors for threatened and endangered species including the Cassowary. It will also reduce pollution impacts on downstream estuarine conservation zones and the Great Barrier Reef, identified as important objectives of the Johnstone Rivers Management Plan.

本项目隶属于一项整体工程，该工程计划在约翰斯顿河南岸的醒目区域开展植被恢复工作，种植约12000棵树木（占地4.4公顷），以丰富并延展当地残存植被群落；同时提升公众对河岸生态修复的认知——此类修复是保护河流与大堡礁所必需的，涵盖其必要性与实操方案。本项目将助力提升本地应对气候变化的韧性，修复原住民文化遗产，并为包括鹤鸵（Cassowary）在内的受威胁与濒危物种修复陆地与水生生态廊道。此外，本项目还将减轻下游河口保护区与大堡礁所受的污染影响，而这正是《约翰斯顿河流域管理计划》所明确的重要目标。