Detailing diversity of life in Booderee National Park
FollowA new book detailing the rich diversity of life in one of Australia’s greatest and most popular national parks, the Booderee National Park, has been written in a unique collaboration between ANU researchers, Parks Australia managers and the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community.
Booderee National Park, at Jervis Bay south of Sydney, receives more than 450,000 visitors annually – more than Kakadu and Uluru National parks combined – and is a major part of Australia’s tourism infrastructure.
The book contains stunning images of the park, its plants and wildlife, and examines research spanning more than a decade into the park’s biodiversity.
The authors find the park, which covers 6,600 hectares of land and coast, is both thriving and surviving, despite challenges posed by the large number of visitors, and from bushfires, invasive plants species and feral pests, such as the Red Fox.
“This park is a crucial part of the nation’s tourism infrastructure, but it still maintains its ecological integrity,