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Drone photo of trees on a wide open farm

Allandale: a gift to koalas, a legacy for conservation

22 May 2025

Just outside Narrandera, where the Murrumbidgee River winds through the Riverina, a quiet transformation is taking place.  

Allandale, a 413-hectare property of rolling pastures with pockets of eucalypt-rich woodland, is permanently protected by a NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust (BCT) agreement, offering hope to a species that, 50 years ago, had all but disappeared from this southern NSW landscape.  

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.