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A morning sunrise glows golden through trees on Savernake Station in the Riverina region of south-west NSW

Biodiversity credit tender attracts record level of interest

08 Apr 2025

Landholders across NSW have secured the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust (BCT) as a buyer for another 6,047 biodiversity credits to the value of $27.6 million in total.

The commitment to purchase credits was made through the BCT's biodiversity credit tender and will provide funding for new and existing permanent conservation areas.

A man and woman stand on a hill looking at a valley view

New conservation areas protect 900 hectares in Upper Hunter

28 Mar 2025

Agreements from the Upper Hunter Conservation tender are progressing with landholders beginning to receive their first annual management payments to support their conservation efforts.  

The tender targeting Threatened Ecological Communities (TEC) in the Upper Hunter Shire local government area received 24 bids, with six agreements established to date. An additional two agreements are pending.

Koala sits high in a tree at Brightling Park

Koalas return to Brightling Park after years of conservation efforts

26 Mar 2025

After more than six years of dedicated revegetation and landscape management, a once-rare sighting of a mother and joey koala has become a rewarding symbol of success for conservation agreement-holder John Blanch.

The arrival of the koala family is tangible proof the conservation work undertaken on Brightling Park at Georges Plains, is making a real difference in the restoration of local wildlife habitats.

Landholder Tracee Burke stands next to one of her newly planted trees

Wet seasons rejuvenate Central West native seed bank

20 Mar 2025

After years of persistent drought, the Central West has experienced nearly four years of above-average rainfall after the drought-breaking downpours of 2020.

For local grazier and conservationist Tracee Burke those rains brought much-needed relief to the parched landscape and ignited a biodiversity resurgence on her Burkeway conservation area near Gooloogong.