WAMA will earn our social license and demonstrate our commitment to conservation by playing our role in helping to prevent the extinction of local wildlife from the Grampians by:
- Building a predator-proof sanctuary at the WAMA site and working together with local wildlife sanctuary partners to fight extinction
- Developing captive insurance populations of genetically unique, local wildlife species at risk of extinction from the Grampians
- Returning locally extinct species to the WAMA sanctuary to demonstrate ‘rewilding’
- Driving community lead, threatened species reintroductions across the Grampians to improve species conservation status, reverse local extinctions and rewilding by returning the missing ecological functions wildlife can provide
2021 PLANS
- Maintain pest free status
- Wildlife sanctuary plans, permit and approvals to introduce endangered species native to the Grampians
LINKS
What is rewilding? How wolves changed rivers: https://rewildingaustralia.org.au/articles/role-apex-predators-how-wolves-changed-flow-rivers
Local partner, Halls Gap Zoo: http://hallsgapzoo.com.au/
Citizen Science partner Museums Victoria: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/
Healesville Sanctuary: https://www.zoo.org.au/healesville
Zoos Victoria: https://www.zoo.org.au/healesville
WWF Australia: http://www.wwf.org.au/
CONNECT
Acknowledgement of country
WAMA is honoured to be able to do what we love within an ancient, diverse and unique cultural landscape that we call home. A landscape created by the great creator Bunjil, crafted by the many rich creative beings and forces, and cared for by the First Nations’ peoples. We acknowledge and respect their enduring knowledge, wisdom, leadership and friendship and their Elders past, present and future.