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Description of Services:

Grasslands and grassy woodlands were the most extensive vegetation community in Australia two hundred years ago.

Today, some grassland communities in south-eastern Australia are more threatened than Australian rainforests.  Friends of Grasslands aims to:

• build on existing data, systems and expertise, to improve knowledge and understanding of, and support for, grassy ecosystems by communities, industries and governments

• identify threats to grassy ecosystems, and influence decisions relating to protection and management

• improve management of grassy ecosystems on public and private land, including through better allocation of resources and integration of effort

• focus on holistic approaches, and functioning landscapes and ecosystems

• build the skills and participation of members to be an effective and sustainable group

• assist in restoring grassy ecosystems through active intervention

• broaden adoption of grassy ecosystem species in horticulture and landscaping.

FoG, as Friends of Grasslands is known, produces newsletters, lobbies government, organises workshops and field visits, produces a website and can help to identify and manage important grassland ecosystems and species

Located In:  ACT

Friends of Grasslands
PO Box 987
Civic Square ACT 2608
Australia.

Servicing: Canberra and ACT Region

Contact Details: http://www.fog.org.au/contact.htm

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