Restoration of 'The Jali Lands' at Wardell 2012 – 2014 Jali Local Aboriginal Land Council EnviTE Administrator

NSW Environmental Trust

The project is enabling ongoing restoration and management of 815 ha of high conservation value vegetation including a range of Endangered Ecological Communities and Heath vegetation on The Jali Lands around Wardell. The land is held by Jali Local Aboriginal Land Council. Jali LALC have been developing a pool of trained and accredited bush regenerators  to help manage their land holdings.They are well advanced in negotiations  to develop an Indigenous Protected Area  with the Federal Government. This project will provide for mentoring in project implementation, co-ordination by a senior indigenous regenerator and follow up control of environmental weeds, installation of priority infrastructure, follow - up ecological burning as required and  the establishment of a formal Monitoring and Evaluation programme on a site which has outstanding conservation.