With its rich black basalt soil and extensive groundwater resources, the Liverpool Plains on Gamilaroi Country in north-west NSW is home to some of the most productive agricultural land in Australia and some of the most vulnerable ecological communities.
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.
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.
