Box 4. Foundation of a fenced Woodland Sanctuary

摘要

The idea of a feral animal-proof fence around most of Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve was first raised in the original campaign for its reservation (Lindenmayer 1992). Moves to make this a reality developed quickly following a joint Australian National Univer-sity-ACT Parks and Conservation Service visit in 2006 to the Arid Recovery at Roxby Downs in South Australia. The proposal was quickly recognized as having great potential to support the ACT Government's commitment to woodland conservation and to support a move beyond 'business-as-usual' approaches. Within the context of significant urban development proposed for its western and southern edge, it was also realized that an opportunity existed to create a nationally significant, community-led conservation project where research and learning could be integral to the restoration process, with a potential to act as a catalyst for ambitious conservation thinking, and the establishment of similar restoration projects elsewhere in south-eastern Australia.