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The NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust's Aboriginal Empowerment Strategy 2024-27 sets out the organisation’s aspirations toward genuine empowerment of the Aboriginal people and communities it works with.

The strategy is designed to guide staff, agreement-holders, contractors and partners in how our conservation programs can uphold cultural knowledge and weave it into modern conservation practice. 

Look to the ground, to the air around you. Listen for that gentle hum. Notice the movement close by. Feel the light touch of tiny legs or antennae. 

They’re the smallest of creatures, and a sign of a biodiverse environment, and without them we’d not have the rich flora and fauna of our celebrated Australian landscapes. 

Since its arrival in Australia in 2010, the exotic fungal disease myrtle rust has had a devastating impact on many of our native species in the Myrtaceae plant family.  

Across the picturesque landscapes of rural NSW, biodiversity conservation opportunities are emerging as a major drawcard to property ownership.  

With a desire to protect our environment becoming increasingly common, buyers are turning to properties with conservation agreements on title to meet their environmental goals.

More than 140 landholders from across the Southern Tablelands and Liverpool Plains learned about the opportunities to secure annual payments for conservation work after attending workshops held by the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust.  

Students from Hay War Memorial High School marked Reconciliation Week on Country this year, visiting Riverina property Gayini Nimmie-Caira to learn about cultural land management and conservation.