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The Gondwana Link: A plan to create a 1000km corridor of bushland

72 points by sohkamyung 7y ago

yboris 7y ago
Blows my mind that in the entire article, not a single map is provided (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
- brianbreslin 7y ago
  ^^ This. I only clicked through because I wanted to visualize where this would be. What a missed opportunity.
  - saluki 7y ago
    I was looking too, there is a map on http://www.gondwanalink.org http://www.gondwanalink.org.
    - tyfon 7y ago
      Thanks, this is much better!
  - abendy 7y ago
    > from the karri forests of the state’s south-west to the semi-arid woodlands and mallee country bordering the Nullarbor Plain further east. 3rd paragraph. Crude map based on existing roads: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Karri+forest,+Pemberton+WA+6260,+Australia/Nullarbor+SA,+Australia/@-32.7794288,118.7574108,6z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x2a3aa1e2dffdb321:0xa1db2f524d3ddbb!2m2!1d116.0384645!2d-34.4589789!1m5!1m1!1s0x2ac23765739eb73f:0xcb300de6a9006eae!2m2!1d130.4877944!2d-31.0588515!3e0 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Karri+forest,+Pemberton+WA+6...
- jdkee 7y ago
  Came here to say exactly that. How does a geographic article fail to include a map?
- lhopki01 7y ago
  I scrolled and even turned off all my blockers just in case it was accidentally blocked. Couldn't believe it.
- rconti 7y ago
  I control-F'd around to try to figure out what methods they were using. Is it just setting aside land? or is there engineering involved? wildlife bridges over roadways? I don't know!
  - xchaotic 7y ago
    it’s mostly virtue signalling- they described an older couple who bought some cheap land there, still live in Perth and offset their carbon footprint by planting some stuff on that land.
- duxup 7y ago
  I find the same thing with my local newspaper. I'm sure it costs a lot to have photographers but man if the article says "raging fire"... I want to see some fire. That's half the draw there / should bring in lots of clicks! But no...
- tyfon 7y ago
  I didn't even get that far, the website wanted me to subscribe with a big screen that covered everything so I hit back. Kind of sad because the topic is very interesting.
- cagenut 7y ago
  one of the side affects of every 'news' organization going all-in on "seo" is that they optimized articles for the crawlers, not for the human readers.
scrooched_moose 7y ago
See also the Great Green Wall: https://www.greatgreenwall.org/about-great-green-wall https://www.greatgreenwall.org/about-great-green-wall The Great Green Wall is an African-led movement with an epic ambition to grow an 8,000km natural wonder of the world across the entire width of Africa.
jdoliner 7y ago
If you're interested in man made geography like this check out "The Slash" between Canada and The US, similar concept: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/uscanada-border-slash https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/uscanada-border-slash
malandrew 7y ago
If one wanted to do a thru-hike of this, what fauna would one have to worry about taking your life. My understanding is that all the crocodiles are in the north of Australia. Are there any in the southwest of the country? Any other animals and insects one would have to worry about?
- mdeg 7y ago
  No crocs in southwest Australia. There are many poisonous snakes but they're really not a worry - more scared of you than you are of them. Wear boots and long socks if you're concerned. A lot of poisonous spiders, too, but just shake your boots out before you put them on and you'll be right. The real danger is heat, lack of water and remoteness. Hiking in summer is extremely ill-advised. The big thru-hike track in SW Australia is the Bibbulmun Track: https://www.bibbulmuntrack.org.au/ https://www.bibbulmuntrack.org.au/
  - bufferout 7y ago
    Venemous. They're only poisonous if you eat them.
- dbetteridge 7y ago
  Redback spiders Tiger snakes Dugites No crocs in south West that I know of Heat and dehydration during summer
- bufferout 7y ago
  Just snakes, spiders and the occasional drop bear. The risk is exaggerated though: 2 snake bite fatalities last year in total, 1 spider bite fatality in the last few decades.
  - 2019-nCoV 7y ago
    Anywhere near civilisation and anti-venom is readily available. Snakes and spiders are only a concern when remote, and even then a healthy hydrated adult should fare well.
- 7y ago
hnruss 7y ago
The article notes that the Nature Conservancy has helped them purchase lands for the project. I’ve been a fan of that organization for a while, they do a lot of really great environmental projects around the world. It’s nice to see them helping out with another important one.
ageofwant 7y ago
To fully appreciate the extent of damage agriculture has caused to the natural landscape just have a look for yourself: https://www.google.com/maps/@-33.0776797,118.0602927,673042m/data=!3m1!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/@-33.0776797,118.0602927,673042m... "Natural" would be the dark green edges. Less that 9% of original heath, mallee and forest is left from what was there only 150 years ago.
lsllc 7y ago
These are precisely the kinds of projects that we, mankind should be undertaking as penance for the trashing this planet thus far in our existence. We must learn to live in harmony with nature not destroy it, no matter the cost. Because if we don't, we _will_ pay the ultimate price (extinction).

72 points by sohkamyung 7y ago

yboris 7y ago

Blows my mind that in the entire article, not a single map is provided (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

brianbreslin 7y ago
^^ This. I only clicked through because I wanted to visualize where this would be. What a missed opportunity.
- saluki 7y ago
  I was looking too, there is a map on http://www.gondwanalink.org http://www.gondwanalink.org.
  - tyfon 7y ago
    Thanks, this is much better!
- abendy 7y ago
  > from the karri forests of the state’s south-west to the semi-arid woodlands and mallee country bordering the Nullarbor Plain further east. 3rd paragraph. Crude map based on existing roads: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Karri+forest,+Pemberton+WA+6260,+Australia/Nullarbor+SA,+Australia/@-32.7794288,118.7574108,6z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x2a3aa1e2dffdb321:0xa1db2f524d3ddbb!2m2!1d116.0384645!2d-34.4589789!1m5!1m1!1s0x2ac23765739eb73f:0xcb300de6a9006eae!2m2!1d130.4877944!2d-31.0588515!3e0 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Karri+forest,+Pemberton+WA+6...
jdkee 7y ago
Came here to say exactly that. How does a geographic article fail to include a map?
lhopki01 7y ago
I scrolled and even turned off all my blockers just in case it was accidentally blocked. Couldn't believe it.
rconti 7y ago
I control-F'd around to try to figure out what methods they were using. Is it just setting aside land? or is there engineering involved? wildlife bridges over roadways? I don't know!
- xchaotic 7y ago
  it’s mostly virtue signalling- they described an older couple who bought some cheap land there, still live in Perth and offset their carbon footprint by planting some stuff on that land.
duxup 7y ago
I find the same thing with my local newspaper. I'm sure it costs a lot to have photographers but man if the article says "raging fire"... I want to see some fire. That's half the draw there / should bring in lots of clicks! But no...
tyfon 7y ago
I didn't even get that far, the website wanted me to subscribe with a big screen that covered everything so I hit back. Kind of sad because the topic is very interesting.
cagenut 7y ago
one of the side affects of every 'news' organization going all-in on "seo" is that they optimized articles for the crawlers, not for the human readers.

scrooched_moose 7y ago

See also the Great Green Wall: https://www.greatgreenwall.org/about-great-green-wall https://www.greatgreenwall.org/about-great-green-wall The Great Green Wall is an African-led movement with an epic ambition to grow an 8,000km natural wonder of the world across the entire width of Africa.

jdoliner 7y ago

If you're interested in man made geography like this check out "The Slash" between Canada and The US, similar concept: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/uscanada-border-slash https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/uscanada-border-slash

malandrew 7y ago

If one wanted to do a thru-hike of this, what fauna would one have to worry about taking your life. My understanding is that all the crocodiles are in the north of Australia. Are there any in the southwest of the country? Any other animals and insects one would have to worry about?

mdeg 7y ago
No crocs in southwest Australia. There are many poisonous snakes but they're really not a worry - more scared of you than you are of them. Wear boots and long socks if you're concerned. A lot of poisonous spiders, too, but just shake your boots out before you put them on and you'll be right. The real danger is heat, lack of water and remoteness. Hiking in summer is extremely ill-advised. The big thru-hike track in SW Australia is the Bibbulmun Track: https://www.bibbulmuntrack.org.au/ https://www.bibbulmuntrack.org.au/
- bufferout 7y ago
  Venemous. They're only poisonous if you eat them.
dbetteridge 7y ago
Redback spiders Tiger snakes Dugites No crocs in south West that I know of Heat and dehydration during summer
bufferout 7y ago
Just snakes, spiders and the occasional drop bear. The risk is exaggerated though: 2 snake bite fatalities last year in total, 1 spider bite fatality in the last few decades.
- 2019-nCoV 7y ago
  Anywhere near civilisation and anti-venom is readily available. Snakes and spiders are only a concern when remote, and even then a healthy hydrated adult should fare well.
7y ago

hnruss 7y ago

The article notes that the Nature Conservancy has helped them purchase lands for the project. I’ve been a fan of that organization for a while, they do a lot of really great environmental projects around the world. It’s nice to see them helping out with another important one.

ageofwant 7y ago

To fully appreciate the extent of damage agriculture has caused to the natural landscape just have a look for yourself: https://www.google.com/maps/@-33.0776797,118.0602927,673042m/data=!3m1!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/@-33.0776797,118.0602927,673042m... "Natural" would be the dark green edges. Less that 9% of original heath, mallee and forest is left from what was there only 150 years ago.

lsllc 7y ago

These are precisely the kinds of projects that we, mankind should be undertaking as penance for the trashing this planet thus far in our existence. We must learn to live in harmony with nature not destroy it, no matter the cost. Because if we don't, we _will_ pay the ultimate price (extinction).