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CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION

RESULTS

A strong governing principle in the ecological restoration and management of Karingani is the knowledge
that the global climate and condition are continuously shifting with the increase in the human population
and industry. These collective impacts to extreme climate stressor events pose significant risk to global
natural landscapes which need to be managed with the mindset of natural resilience to extreme events such
as drought, flooding and heat shock. In the Karingani ecosystem, three predominant strategies promote
this natural resilience and form the basis for long-term monitoring and data collection towards adaptive
and scientific ecological management.

KPI 1 | SURFACE WATER

Governed by the Karingani “Strategic Plan for Surface water
Augmentation,” we recognise the significant impact that
the distribution of surface water plays in the impact of large
herbivores on the vegetation structures within the reserve.
Annually, this strategic plan is monitored using remote
sensing imagery and aerial surveys; and enforced to ensure
that only where and when absolutely necessary, to mimic
the natural surface water distribution in the landscape, is
water augmented within Karingani. This reporting report
period has maintained that only two, widely distributed,
natural pans are augmented with a solar water supply for
the dry season. This encourages a natural movement of
large herbivores across the reserve in the dry season when
surface water is limiting. Natural pan augmented in Karingani

KPI 2 | FIRE MANAGEMENT

Active fire management is required to encourage both
the health and diversity of the reserves herbaceous
component. During this reporting period management
burns accounted for a total of 15 296 ha. This area burnt
was estimated to have a biomass larger than 4 tonnes per
hectare.

No external community fires were experienced during this
reporting period.

Implementing management burns in Karingani

WET SEASON WET SEASON WET SEASON
TOTAL: 652 MM TOTAL: 599 MM TOTAL: 695 MM

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