The project covers nearly of deforested land in Borneo, had been by impoverished by mechanical logging, drought and severe fires and was now covered in alang-alang grass ( " Imperata cylindrica " ).
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Prescribed burns managed by the Safe Harbor Agreement benefits U . S . Fish & Wildlife, serve under Federal Endangered Species Act help reduces and prevents the amount of invasive species that are threatening to the tortoise; Invasive species such as the ( 1 ) cogongrass aka " Imperata cylindrica " and ( 2 ) Fire ants disrupt gopher tortoise s habitat and kill tortoise eggs can be controlled.
