Biodiversity Legacy’s mission is to give landholders, community groups, environmental organisations and donors greater security in protecting the land they love for future generations.
Protecting land for good
At Biodiversity Legacy, we help landholders, community groups and donors protect the landscapes they love and create an enduring gift for future generations.
Our pioneering approach enables landholders, land managers and others to transfer land into safe and trusted non-profit organisations dedicated to long-term conservation. This approach:
- Removes land from the property market so it can’t be sold or developed.
- Places it in secure, community-led ownership structures with strong legal safeguards.
- Guarantees best-practice environmental stewardship for lasting ecological care.
- Supports flexible arrangements – landholders and families can remain on the land if they wish, or opt for community-based management and stewardship.
Whether it’s 3 acres or 3,000, we’ll work with you to ensure the best outcome for you and the environment. We also partner with government agencies, regional authorities, environmental organisations and philanthropists who want to secure an environmental legacy for their children and grandchildren.
Contact us today for a friendly, obligation-free chat about how you can protect land for good.
Independent, not-for-profit
Established in 2022, Biodiversity Legacy (BDL) is an independent, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting a groundswell of individuals, communities and organisations who want to protect biodiversity and ensure the equitable transfer of land to future generations.
Working across all states and all land tenures, BDL supports individuals and groups with information, pathways and packages that support landholders to: (1) fulfill their vision for land protection beyond their lifetimes and, (2) establish community-governed landholding entities that operate independently at local scales with stewardship arrangements that foster partnerships and collaboration.
WHO WE WORK WITH
Biodiversity Legacy collaborates with landholders, families, community groups, investors, government agencies and others to secure properties and enable long-term, community-led stewardship. We also work with established organisations across the private land conservation sector to fill gaps and expand the amount of land protected.
To support regional visions for biodiversity and those already doing great work on the ground, we also employ biolink coordinators to connect activities.
SHARED COMMITMENT
According to a 2024 Biodiversity Council report, 95% of Australians believe governments have a duty of care in protecting nature for future generations. But with over 60% of all land privately owned or managed, there’s only so much they can do. With 90% of threatened species found on private land, long-term biodiversity protection relies on the involvement, knowledge and leadership of private landowners.
Ned’s Forest founder, Julie Mills, is one of thousands of landholders who understand this. She says, “If, as Australians, we wish to maintain connectivity of habitat so species can move across the landscape, we must protect small but important tracts of bushland. We don’t need to own the land; it becomes a pathway where the community band together to campaign and raise funds to protect the places they love. We are calling on people who are in the position to make financial contributions to the protection of biodiversity for future generations.”
Photos – top: Meadow Argus butterflies by Jean and Fred Hort. Photo behind also with thanks to Jean & Fred Hort.