Developing Biodiversity Protection Strategies for Urban Greenspace in Melbourne

The industry surrounding land management and conservation in Melbourne consists of many stakeholders from multiple organizations. The goal of this project was to increase the industry’s communication to better promote land management and consideration for biodiversity protection. To develop an understanding of those involved and the current state of land management, we conducted interviews with stakeholders and researched the region’s recent environmental history, and its current and past land management practices. Working with the Port Phillip EcoCentre, we developed a framework containing information on common problems and effective methods for combating issues we found among many groups. Finally, we proposed different ways the framework could be implemented in the future.