{"id":22,"date":"2016-12-01T09:44:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T09:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/block-blog.localhost\/?p=22"},"modified":"2018-07-25T22:54:16","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T22:54:16","slug":"banksia-woodlands-declared-endangered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bushblock.com.au\/banksia-woodlands-declared-endangered\/","title":{"rendered":"Banksia woodlands declared endangered"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Banksia woodlands of the Swan Coastal Plain have recently been declared an endangered ecological community<\/strong> by the federal government.<\/p>\n

bushblock is located within?the Swan?Coastal Plain and has a fenced Banksia woodland which provides a?protected habitat for a number of threatened species including Southern Brown Bandicoots?and Glossy-leaved Hammer Orchid<\/a> (Drakaea elastica<\/em>). There is a combination of Candlestick Banksia<\/a> (Banksia attenuata<\/em>) and Holy-leaved Banksia<\/a> (Banksia ilicifolia<\/em>) growing within this area.<\/p>\n

Near?60 per cent of Western Australia’s Banksia woodlands have already been lost and the threats to remaining patches persists.?Land clearing, diseases (e.g.?Phytophthora<\/a><\/em>), invasive weeds and feral animals, changes to fire regimes, hydrological degradation, climate change, all continue to?whittle away this unique ecosystem. The formal recognition<\/a> of the value of this ecosystem and will encourage programs to further protect these Woodlands into the future.<\/p>\n

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The?areas of Banksia woodlands?used to be well connected but are now highly fragmented.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Primary threats to bushblock’s banksia woodland are grazing pressures (kangaroo & rabbit), rainfall and groundwater decline, and disease (Phytophthora dieback).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

How will this declaration affect bushblock?<\/h5>\n