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Protecting land for good
BioDiversity Legacy helps landholders, families and communities protect the places they care about — for nature, community and future generations.
Securing nature's future
Established in 2022, BioDiversity Legacy (BDL) is an independent not-for-profit organisation helping protect ecologically significant land for future generations. We work with individuals, families, communities, environmental organisations, local governments and others who want to ensure the places they value remain protected beyond their lifetimes.
Our protection pathways include a pioneering Local Landholding Entity model, which enables land to be transferred to safe, trusted not-for-profit organisations.
This removes land from the private property market and protects it from future sale or development through secure, community-led ownership and strong legal safeguards.
The LLE appoints trusted land stewards, often local community groups, to restore and care for the land, supporting expert environmental care and flexible arrangements.
How we work
BioDiversity Legacy operates across all Australian states and territories and across all land tenures. We provide clear information, practical pathways and tailored legal and governance packages that enable landholders and communities to protect land long-term.
These pathways include our pioneering Local Landholding Entity model. LLEs operate independently at local scale and are designed to:
- protect land long-term
- enable partnerships between landholders, communities, investors and conservation organisations
- ensure land protection objectives are upheld beyond individual ownership or lifetimes
- support active land stewardship.
To strengthen regional impact, we employ Biolink Coordinators who connect and support regional biodiversity projects and build relationships between landholders and community-led conservation efforts.
Who we work with
Whether it’s 3 acres or 3,000, we work with anyone with a genuine interest in long-term conservation, including:
- private landholders and their families
- community groups
- local government
- conservation organisations
- philanthropic and impact investors
- anyone with a genuine interest in land protection.
A shared responsibility for nature
A 2024 Biodiversity Council report found that 95% of Australians believe governments have a duty of care to protect nature for future generations. However, with more than 60% of land privately owned or managed, governments cannot achieve this alone. Crucially, around 90% of threatened species occur on private land, making private land stewardship essential to long-term biodiversity protection.
“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 bands together to campaign and raise funds to protect the places they love. BioDiversity Legacy exists to turn this shared responsibility into practical, lasting action — ensuring that the land people care about today remains protected tomorrow, and far into the future. We are calling on people who are in a position to make financial contributions to the protection of biodiversity for future generations.”
Recent Posts
Community marks World Saltmarsh Day on protected Bullock Island
Jun 11
To mark World Saltmarsh Day on 11 June, around 35 community members, environmental partners, scientists, donors, volunteers, local media, photographers and nature lovers visited Bullock Island — one of two Corner Inlet islands now protected forever by Nooramunga Land & Sea.
How Connecting Wildlife is Helping the South Coast Protect Land for Good
May 27
In May 2026, communities on the South Coast of NSW came together to learn about – and celebrate – the launch of Connecting Wildlife, a Local Landholding Entity governed by a regional board committed to protecting habitat across the South Coast.
When Computer Science Meets Conservation
As BioDiversity Legacy expands its work across Australia, building organisational infrastructure is becoming increasingly important. So, when an opportunity arose to collaborate with Worcester Polytechnic Institute students on a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, we jumped at it.