The Big-Pigture: funding success
We are thrilled to share that we were recently successful in obtaining additional funding to further our highly successful multi-tenure pig management program, which we have been delivering across the Otways for the past five years.
With funding from The Ian Potter Foundation we will:
1. Grow knowledge and understanding of the population size and distribution of feral pigs within the Otway Ranges, as well as the illegal behaviours exacerbating their spread.
2. Increase land manager engagement with feral pig management, both within the Otway Ranges and nationally via land-manager networks and organisations.
3.Raise awareness and build capacity to deliver effective feral pig management actions, both regionally and nationally via training events and dissemination of educational materials.
4. Significantly reduce the distribution of feral pigs within the Otway Ranges with the aim of effective localised eradication. This will serve as a demonstration of best practice, which can be applied to similar landscapes across Australia.
Funding though the Agriculture Victoria: Partnerships Against Pests Program will allow us to undertake additional engagement around our work to communicate case studies and best practice. This will include community and stakeholder workshops, developing educational and training materials, and promoting these resources and best practice via media and social media.
We will be opening up places in our local and online training workshops soon, if you’d like to receive updates about these opportunities, and the project more generally, please email your details to James (james.templeton@conservationecologycentre.org).
We’d also like to welcome, and welcome back, several staff members who will be assisting on this project. The team are: James Templeton, Lily Tait, Jesse Ellis, Tim Wilson, Toni Stevens, Nils Fleischeuer, Asitha Samarawickrama.