Minister Kean announces two new BCT conservation tenders
The NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean has announced the BCT’s two new conservation tenders opening in November 2019.
The NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean has announced the BCT’s two new conservation tenders opening in November 2019.
Owned by Margaret Mc Bride and Steve Radford, White Leeds Station is a 10,000 hectare property near Broken Hill. When Margaret and Steve purchased the property a large portion of the land was significantly degraded.
The Biodiversity Conservation Trust (BCT) is a statutory body established under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.
The Kooyong Farm is a family farm run by Robert Cox and his family. The farm is a Wildlife Refuge and is located near Tumbarumba NSW and lies within the Summit to Slopes area of the Great Eastern Ranges, a narrow band from Kosciuszko National Park to Albury.
The Downes Family Farm in Camden NSW is a dairy farm owned and operated by the family for five generations. Prior to discovering biobanking, the Downes family farm was struggling. They faced the choice between going broke farming or realising the capital value of their land. Eventually, the family decided land conservation could be a means of securing the property's financial viability and provide them another farming activity option.