State-wide Outcome
By 2050, actions have been implemented that reduce impacts to Tasmania’s threatened and important ecological communities.
Regional context
The Cradle Coast region is home to a wide diversity of functional and resilient ecosystems ranging from alpine fens, peatlands, shrublands, sclerophyll and rainforests, coastal and estuarine systems and remote islands. An ecological community is often defined by the type
of vegetation it contains (for ease of mapping), but it includes all of flora, fauna, fungi and microscopic organisms that make up the biodiversity.
While most of these ecosystems form part of the reserve estate protected by local, State and Australian governments, in rural and urban areas, threats from development, invasive species, land use change and climate variability have reduced the extents and functions of the original ecosystems.
Threat prioritisation as part of this Strategy has identified four ecological communities of regional importance for action and focus. Actions have been identified to assist these communities to remain viable and/or recover function.