The BCT has invited two additional landholders to sign conservation agreements to protect an additional 1,485 hectares of priority koala habitat in the Southern Highlands.
The BCT has announced three new conservation tenders opening during 2021 in the Lower Clarence Valley, the Paroo and Warrego Catchments, and the Snowy Monaro local government area.
NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean today announced that five Southern Highland landholders will be offered funded conservation agreements to protect and manage koala habitat on their land.
The BCT works with willing landholders to enter conservation agreements to conserve important biodiversity or habitat for threatened species in priority investment areas across NSW.
The NSW Government has committed $37 million for the opening programs from the new NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust (BCT), Environment Minister Gabrielle Upton announced today.
New land management laws, which will improve both environmental outcomes and farmers’ productivity, will begin from tomorrow, August 25th 2017, Minister for Primary Industries, Niall Blair, and Environment Minist