Riparian ‘Revegetator’ Natural Capital.
Environmental Account.
Environmental Account ID: AU00048
Location: West Gippsland, Victoria
Purpose: Inform land management options to improve biodiversity and soil health
Current land use: Conservation and Grazing
Environment type: Strzelecki Ranges
Area: 15 ha
Assets: Native Vegetation and Soil
Method: AfN-METHOD-NV-06 and AfN-METHOD-S-02
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About the account.
Paul Speirs manages his property with a primary focus on conservation and community demonstration. This Environmental Account is intended to demonstrate and validate positive change over time through ongoing monitoring. Through the Accounting for Nature® Framework Paul Speirs will determine the baseline environmental asset condition and track change over time. This will better inform future regenerative land management practices and enhance ecosystem function through evidence based improvements to soil health and native vegetation with the aim for overall improvements in biodiversity.
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About Paul Speirs.
Paul is known within the Landcare movement as the ‘Riparian Revegetator’. His property is considered one of the best examples of Landcare revegetation in Gippsland and Victoria having been awarded the WGCMA Lyrebird Award. Paul Speirs describes the property he bought 30 years ago as a “… blackberry-infested grassy moonscape, devoid of trees, except for a few large remnant gums.” After clearing the existing weeds, and initially planting trees, followed by understory revegetation, Paul has been able to restore a temperate rainforest paradise, which is now largely self-generating. This work has inspired neighbouring properties to regenerate riparian zones across their properties resulting in kilometres of connectivity in the region.