Tyrendarra Indigenous Protected Area - fact sheet
Australian Government Department of the Environment and Water Resources, February 2007
© Commonwealth of Australia
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Owned and managed by the Winda-Mara Aboriginal Corporation on behalf of the Gunditjmara, Tyrendarra sits on Darlot Creek, a tributary of Lake Condah to the north. The property covers 248 hectares (almost 2.5 square kilometres) in the Victorian Volcanic Plain Bioregion.
The management of Tyrendarra IPA centres on reinstating the pre-1840s wetlands system, supporting the consequent regrowth of the manna gum woodland, managing introduced flora and fauna, and establishing an eel aquaculture industry as a sustainable business venture. A cultural rehabilitation plan is also guiding cultural landscape restoration.
These aims are being supported by IPA activities such as repairing and upgrading infrastructure on the property, controlling weeds and feral animals, building visitor boardwalks and interpretative signage, and replanting trees and shrubs.
The declaration of Tyrendarra IPA in December 2003 was made under World Conservation Union (IUCN) Category VI - Managed Resource Protected Area: Protected Area managed mainly for the sustainable use of natural ecosystems.
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