Bush Heritage Australia
Bush Heritage Australia currently owns and manages 26 reserves throughout Australia covering 675,000 hectares. These reserves are safeguarding at least 67 threatened vegetation communities and more than 236 threatened plants and animals.
Since 1999, with more than eight million dollars from the Australian Government, Bush Heritage Australia has added 11 protected areas, covering over 859,010 hectares.
Bush Heritage Australia plays a leadership role in visionary projects to reconnect fragmented landscapes and restore them to health, collaborating on projects like Gondwana Link in Western Australia and Kosciusko to Coast in New South Wales. The imperative is to rebuild habitats across large swathes of country which will allow wildlife to move and adapt to climate change.
List of properties purchased by Bush Heritage with National Reserve System Program support
Name |
State |
Financial Year |
IBRA Region |
Hectares |
Australian Government Funds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NSW |
1999/2000 |
NSW South Western Slopes (NSS) |
364 |
$193,700 |
|
QLD |
2000/2001 |
Brigalow Belt South (BBS) |
81 |
$21,836 |
|
QLD |
2000/2001 |
Brigalow Belt South (BBS) |
59,052 |
$1,210,779 |
|
WA |
2002/2003 |
Avon Wheatbelt (AW) |
69,619 |
$239,109 |
|
QLD |
2003/2004 |
Channel Country (CK) / |
214,000 |
$450,000 |
|
VIC |
2004/2005 |
Victorian Midlands (VM) |
342 |
$77,494 |
|
WA |
2004/2005 |
Esperance Plains (ESP) |
956 |
$120,000 |
|
QLD |
2005/2006 |
Channel Country (CK) / |
233,568 |
$1,867,637 |
|
SA |
2005/2006 |
Broken Hill Complex (BHC) / |
63,000 |
$1,456,394 |
|
NSW |
2006/2007 |
South Eastern Highlands (SEH) |
1,328 |
$407,000 |
|
| Bon Bon Reserve | SA | 2007/2008 | Stony Plains (STP) / Gawler (GAW) |
216,700 | 2,093,374 |