Reconcilling Farming with Wildlife: Monitoring Vertebrate Biodiversity in Riverina Ricefields

To manage and promote existing on-farm biodiversity using an experimental approach, as a part of the rice industry's Environmental Champions Program (ECP); conduct medium to long term monitoring nof selected vertebrate species in the above experiments to demonstrate the potential effectiveness of the ECP's on-farm management prorgam for vertebrate diversity; conduct parallel ecological research (eg habitat utilisation on rice farms or the farming matrix) on selected, significant vertebrate species to facilitate on-farm management decisions