THE FLORA ROADS SURVEY - VOLUNTEER RECORDING OF ROADSIDE VEGETATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA

The south-west agricultural region of Western Australia has 107,500 km of roads, many of which retain native vegetation on the roadside. Public concern for the preservation of wildflower drives led to the reservation of wide road reserves (up to 200 m) deliberately for flora conservation. Thus many roadsides retain a linear transect of the original vegetation and have important conservation value. Degradation, however, is continually occurring, often due to lack of knowledge of the resource leading to inappropriate management. To obtain preliminary data, a survey was designed to use volunteers to assess the conservation value of road reserves. This chapter outlines the techniques used and compares the results with other surveys -- professional and amateur -- in Australia, with regard to accuracy, quality of data, cost, value as a management tool and public involvement. It is shown that the use of volunteers to survey roadsides is a cost-effective way of obtaining data while at the same time raising community consciousness. For the covering entry of the conference, see IRRD abstract no. 843352.

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• Corporate Authors:

  SURREY BEATTY

  43 RICKARD ROAD
  CHIPPING NORTON, NEW SOUTH WALES  Australia  2170
• Authors:
  • HUSSEY, BMJ
• Publication Date: 1991

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 41-8
• Serial:
  • NATURE CONSERVATION 2: THE ROLE OF CORRIDORS
  • Publisher: SURREY BEATTY

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Methodology; Public participation; Roads; Vegetation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Side
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 8006: Australia; 8623: Data acquisition; 2755: Highway; 9102: Method; 142: Public participation; 9074: Side; 2488: Vegetation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00631118
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0-949324-35-3
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 1 1993 12:00AM