Biodiversity protection in action
Sharing nature-inspired updates on BioDiversity Legacy activities, partnerships and connections across our wide country and diverse landscapes.
Two islands, one vision – safeguarding Corner Inlet’s saltmarsh communities
BioDiversity Legacy’s bold vision for protecting vulnerable ecosystems at scale is being realised in South Gippsland, where Nooramunga Land & Sea (NL&S) has secured its second saltmarsh island.
Biolink Coordinator recognised as a trusted voices for nature
BioDiversity Legacy Biolink Coordinator, Stuart Inchley, has been selected to join an august list of conservation experts in the Nature Media Centre – a ‘non-partisan resource’ that gives journalists access to experts with real-world insights into the complexities of environmental protection and management.
Connecting with communities on Far South Coast of NSW
In June, members of the leadership team headed to Far South Coast to participate in workshop aimed at helping the community identify critically endangered Threatened Ecological Communities within the River Flat Eucalypt Forest.
Spot-tailed Quoll Recovery Program
BioDiversity Legacy is one of several partners involved in a program to rescue the nationally endangered Spot-tailed Quoll, focusing initially on areas in East Gippsland, with ambitions to secure populations across Victoria and interstate.
Strengthening wildlife corridors in South Gippsland
Landholders and nature lovers across South Gippsland are being encouraged to contribute to a Biolink Map being developed by the South Gippsland Landcare Network to give the community a bird’s eye view of potential wildlife corridors.
Land Covenantors Victoria unites for conservation
Launched in 2021 with the support of the Rendere Environmental Trust, EcoLands Collective and Trust for Nature, Land Covenantors Victoria quickly gained momentum, establishing itself as a model for locally-driven conservation.
Partnership to reverse biodiversity loss on Victoria’s Bass Coast
BioDiversity Legacy is pleased to announce a major partnership with Victoria’s Bass Coast Shire to tackle the biodiversity crisis through targeted actions to restore and protect habitat along this magnificent stretch of coast.
Survey highlights the importance of private land conservation
Two of Victoria’s most experienced ecologists and botanists recently surveyed three Trust for Nature properties in South Gippsland finding the largest stand of Endangered Slender Tree-ferns ever recorded, as well as other rare species.
Succession planning for farming families
BioDiversity Legacy Director, Jim Phillipson, was one of 40 speakers invited to present at the GROUNDED farming festival in Tasmania. Organised by farmers for farmers interested in regenerative farming practices, Jim’s talk focused on succession planning and how to have better conversations.
Why community conservation is the missing link
Also known as greenways, green belts, shelterbelts and wildlife corridors, biolinks are an attracting concept appealing to a broad cross section of people as a visible solution to habitat fragmentation. But do they work – and what makes them work?
Helping Hands for the Sheoak Project
Wildlife Unlimited, in partnership with local landholders and mentored by BioDiversity Legacy, is leading the Helping Hands for the Sheoak project – an ambitious effort to restore stands of Sheoaks on private land and increase the availability of feed trees for the Glossy Black-cockatoo.
Last stand for Endangered tree ferns
Around 10 years ago, Stuart Inchley and Victoria Johnson stumbled across a 300+ acre property for sale in the hills of South Gippsland. It took them several years to survey the property, finding large population of Critically Endangered Slender Tree-ferns.