Creating Wildlife Corridors in Victoria, Australia

Wildlife Corridors, Explained

What is a wildlife corridor?

Wildlife corridors are areas of habitat that connect to provide pathways for wildlife populations. These corridors are of the utmost importance for the survival of many species as they allow them to move freely from one area of habitat to the next without coming into contact with human-built infrastructure or patches of degraded land that cannot support them.

Why Land Life is building habitat corridors?

When habitats are split into smaller patches, they can be isolated from each other, causing habitat fragmentation. Species need these corridors for a number of reasons: to reach food and water, maintain genetic diversity within wildlife populations, adapt to changes in their environment, and avoid contact with humans (in some cases for both the animals and the human's sake).

Some of Land Life's reforestation projects focus on creating these corridors to restore habitats that are critical for the survival of many species. Without them, species that depend on these corridors cannot move freely and are forced to encounter degraded lands, hindering their survival and ecological balance.