Welcome to the Wildlife Corridors for the Scenic Rim Project!
Most of the Scenic Rim's national parks and other protected areas harbour high-altitude dense forest. Squirrel gliders and other wildlife prefer low-altitude, drier open forests which are not so well protected. Movement between remaining forest fragments is becoming increasingly difficult. We'd like to change that!
You can check to see where your prpoerty lies in respect to the proposed corridors. Simply search by your property name in the search box in the top right corner of the map. If its not included, no problem, just get in touch and let us know your address - we'll work it out from there.
Register interest as a volunteer or landholder
Website: scenicrim.wildlife.org.au/
Website: scenicrimwildlifecorridor.wordpress.com/
Email: scenicrim@wildlife.org.au
Facebook: @Scenic.Rim.Wildlife
Phone: 07 5544 1283
BioGeo is an Australian ecological research and services consultancy and a social enterprise for biodiversity conservation. We specialise in the application of GIS, remote sensing, and spatial and statistical analysis, primarily for biodiversity conservation and the assessment of environmental impact and risk, but also offer a whole range of GIS and mapping services to customers across all industries and sectors.
What’s more, with your help 15% of our fees go directly into supporting wildlife conservation charities and projects across Queensland, Australia, and the world. Where the money goes is up to you!
BioGeo was initially contacted by the Wildlife Preservation Society Queensland to generate a display map to visualise the project conceptually. However, we thought we could go a step further by generating a web mapping application that was accessible to everyone (e.g. hosted online) and where all the information could be stored and updated, visualised and downloaded. What’s more, we also wanted it to serve as a tool to help identify those rural properties (and landowners) within or close to the proposed corridors.
The program we developed is a full-screen mobile-friendly application with responsive navbar and modal placeholders using Bootstrap 3, Leaflet, and typeahead.js, and builds on the excellent Bootleaf code. Features include client-side multi-layer search with autocomplete and a responsive sidebar synced to the map bounds that can be sorted or filtered.
There are multiple layers including the Scenic Rim boundary; proposed corridor routes; property names and their boundary areas; and recorded sightings of target species (such as gliders or koalas) – all of which can be searched for in the program. There are also a range of base maps including satellite imagery, hill shaded topographic maps (to highlight slopes and gradients), and several others. The program will be updated with additional layers added as new information becomes available - the idea being that the app will evolve with the project.
If you think that BioGeo could help with your project, contact us at info@biogeo.com.au
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