Securing the future for Helmeted Honeyeater and Leadbeater’s Possum populations
The Faunal Emblems Program is helping to improve the long-term sustainability of the Leadbeater’s Possum and the Helmeted Honeyeater in the wild.
This program, overseen by DEECA, funds a range of targeted actions that will assist populations directly, as well as protecting and restoring crucial habitat. The program complements the current recovery efforts for the Helmeted Honeyeater and Leadbeater’s Possum.
Themes and Local Areas
| Primary Theme: | Native Animals |
| Other Themes: | Native Vegetation |
| Primary Local Area: | Yarra Ranges & Nillumbik |
| Other Local Areas: | – |
| Project location: | Yellingbo area and Yarra Ranges National Park |
| Scale of the project: | Landscape |
| New or continuing work: | Building on previous work |
Project partners
| Lead organisation: | Parks Victoria |
| Key partners: | Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA), Zoos Victoria, community groups |
| Registered Aboriginal Party/s relevant to the project or its area: | Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation |
Investment opportunities
| Opportunities for investors within this project start from: | $$$ (Hundreds of thousands of dollars) |
| Estimated scale of investment for full project implementation: | $$$$ (Millions of dollars) |
| Estimated timeframe for full project implementation: | 2-10 years |
Contribution toward targets
| Primary Regional Catchment Strategy target: | Native Animals – Wild populations of all threatened native animal species in the region are retained and their populations are self-sustainable, secure, healthy and resilient |
| Relevant Biodiversity 2037 goal: | Protect or assist one or more critically endangered or endangered species/community of native vegetation or native animal |
| Relevant National Landcare Program priority: | Priority species – Helmeted Honeyeater and/or Leadbeater’s Possum – Trajectory improved |
More information
Parks Victoria project manager – Jo Antrobus, joanne.antrobus@parks.vic.gov.au
