A 2020 vision : urban wildlife in the backyards of the future

Shelley Burgin; Daniel Lunney

A 2020 vision : urban wildlife in the backyards of the future

Shelley Burgin
, Daniel Lunney

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Abstract

Past urban development and gardening practices have had a devastating impact on native wildlife in the suburbs. In this paper the reader is invited to envisage a future where the urban community has embraced the concept of gardens as indigenous wildlife habitat, generally free of lawns and with lower imputs of chemicals and water. In the year 2020 it is envisaged that there is a focus on vegetation from local provenance species and gardens are structured to mimic natural ecosystems to maximise benefits for wildlife. Gardens based on European aesthetic concepts are out of fashion and there is seldom the noise of a motor mower to drown the sounds of native birds. Such a future is within our reach. The vision is clear but the details of how to achieve the desired outcomes are hazy but they are sufficiently complex to develop into a new and exciting discipline.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of a forum held by the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales at Taronga Zoo on 20 Oct. 2001
Publisher	Royal Zoological Society of N.S.W.
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	0958608571
Publication status	Published - 2004
Event	Urban Wildife: More Than Meets the Eye - Duration: 1 Jan 2004 → …

Conference

Conference	Urban Wildife: More Than Meets the Eye
Period	1/01/04 → …

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 15 Life on Land

Keywords

habitat
urban animals
ecology
urban wildlife management
environment and sustainability
New South Wales
Australia
community education
Western Sydney (N.S.W.)
gardens
Centre for Western Sydney

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