Landholders on the NSW North Coast will play a critical role in conserving critical koala habitat under a new partnership of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust (BCT), WWF and the NSW Koala Strategy.
At first glance the concept of allowing livestock to graze on conservation areas seems counter-intuitive.
Lisa McCann is not your average Central Western NSW grazier and the land she calls home is far from being your average grazing property.
Russell was an inaugural member of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust Board and a member of the Programs and Delivery Committee, positions he maintained until February 2023.
He had a long history of work in environmental advocacy, as a former Board member of the Nature Conservation Trust.
When Logan Zingus bought his NSW mid coast property a few years ago he was impressed by the large areas of beautiful, lush rainforest covering the land.
After signing an in-perpetuity private conservation agreement with the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust (BCT) he noticed what he thought to be acres of pristine native vegetation contained a growing number of privet, lantana and other ground and vine weeds.
Cultural burning practices have been used for thousands of years to manage bushfire risks and promote biodiversity.
The NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust (BCT) and Aus Eco Solutions did a controlled burn on a conservation agreement site in the Hunter Valley in spring to help protect a patch of the critically endangered shrub, Persoonia pauciflora.
