25 July 2024 | Did you know that of the 718 species listed as threatened in Tasmania, 68% are plants?
Tasmania's unique landscapes are home to a multitude of rare and fragile plant species. Nearly a third of our threatened plants are endemic to our island state - found nowhere else on earth.
Do you know if you have any threatened plants on your land?
Plants are more likely to go unnoticed than animals, and we don't know the true extent of many of our threatened plants, or have current management plans for many of them, or even know how to propagate many of them for conservation. For land owners and managers - you could be the lucky stewards of a rare plant population without even realising it.
Threatened Plants Tasmania Inc. (TPT) is a volunteer group that has been actively involved in the conservation and monitoring of Tasmania's threatened plants since 2008. Landcare Tasmania is looking to collaborate with TPT.
We would like to know if you are interested to see what threatened plants may be on your land or land you manage, and if you are interested in TPT volunteers monitoring their population over time.
Your answers will help Landcare Tasmania develop a project with TPT to build partnerships with land managers and other organisations who work with threatened plants. In the long-term, the aim is to help TPT expand its program of field trips for TPT volunteers to undertake plant surveys and monitoring, with the highest priority species addressed first.
Land that supports threatened species has high biodiversity value, and as biodiversity markets are developed in Australia, we may notice more people interested to find out if their land supports threatened species. Please let us know your level of interest in understanding the distribution of threatened plants on land you own or manage.
If you have questions about this project, please contact Landcare Tasmania (not TPT). If you are curious about how TPT conducts volunteer field trips on private property you may like to look at the TPT policies - respect for landowner privacy is a high priority. To show your support for threatened plant conservation or to get more involved as a volunteer, you can become a member of TPT. Please keep in mind that this questionnaire is an expression of interest only, and does not guarantee that a survey will be undertaken on your land.
Threatened Plants Tasmania is a Member of Landcare Tasmania and Wildcare Tasmania
