Arafura Swamp
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ABC Rural News: Buffalo culled to protect nationally significant wetland
More than 3,500 buffalo have been culled from the Arafura Swamp in the Northern Territory in a bid to reduce numbers and limit the damage being caused to the environment. This site contains an audio interview with Jacob Bar-Lev who works with ranger groups in the region. (Thursday, 29/11/2012)
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Management Project: Saltwater intrusion project – Arafura Swamp
The Arafura Swamp is a nationally significant freshwater swamp located on Arnhem Land Aboriginal Land Trust near the community of Ramingining. It is the largest swamp in the Northern Territory and possibly the largest in Australia, when at its fullest. The swamp has distinctive vegetation and great significance for wetland biodiversity. Since about 1995 the Yolngu people of the Arafura swamp started to notice ecological changes.
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Group Coordination of NRM in the Arafura Swamp
PROPONENT: Northern Land Council
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FUNDING: Caring for Our Country, Territory Natural Resource Management Board
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TS-CRC Student project - Seasonal habitat use, food resources and Aboriginal perceptions of the feral pig (Sus scrofa) in the Arafura wetlands, Northern Territory
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TS-CRC Student project - Mapping and Visualizing the Geomorphology of the Arafura Swamp using Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies for Natural Resource Management
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Arafura Swamp and surrounds catchment management planning
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Australian National University, Canberra. Completed. Anthea Dee Summary | Aims | Research Methods | Aboriginal input | Progress | Feral pig...
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Choquenot, D., McIlroy, J. and Korn, T. (1996). Managing Vertebrate Pests: Feral Pigs This report describes the introduction of the pig into...<p>Describes the introduction and spread of the pig in Australia; its biology; impacts on the environment and agriculture; and community attitudes to feral pig management. Key strategies for successful feral pig control are recommended</p>
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Map of the distribution of Feral Pigs through the rangelands in 2000 on the Australian Natural Resources Audit Web Site
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Predation, Habitat Degradation, Competition and Disease Transmission by Feral Pigs
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.The Northern Land Council was established in 1973 to represent traditional Aboriginal landowners and Aboriginal people in the Top End of the Northern Territory of Australia.
