Ecological thinning and restoring degraded habitats in central Victoria People often underestimate the level of change natural areas have undergone over the ecologically short space of time since the arrival of the first European migrants less than two centuries ago. The waves of profound change in land use – starting with the pastoral era, followed by the gold rush and later closer settlement and so on – combined with the rapid dying-out of aboriginal people and their traditional practices like ‘fire … Continue reading Ecological restoration