Understanding and managing impacts to biodiversity from roads and pipelines in the Northern Territory
Understanding the potential impacts of shale gas production on biodiversity in the Beetaloo Sub-basin.
The fact sheet describes results of research activities designed to improve understanding of the the potential impacts of shale gas production on biodiversity in the Beetaloo Sub-basin.
A major environmental impact from development of an onshore gas industry in the Beetaloo Sub-basin will be the construction of new and extension of existing components of linear transport infrastructure (roads, tracks, railways, pipeline corridors, power lines) and from the subsequent use of roads by heavy-vehicle traffic.
To improve understanding of the the potential impacts of shale gas production on biodiversity in the Beetaloo Sub-basin, CSIRO researchers have mapped vegetation connectivity, road mortality, and the dynamics of habitat patches.