Community Land Trust properties
The number and type of properties protected forever via BioDiversity Legacy’s safe land ownership structure is growing rapidly as more individuals, families and communities respond to our vision and mission of advancing private land conservation and engagement via ongoing community-led stewardship.
BioDiversity Legacy properties, or groups of properties, are generally selected around the leadership and commitment of the landowner to preserving habitat, community support, bio-linking potential (e.g. adjacency to other protected properties or State/National Parks) environmental integrity, stewardship support and intergenerational participation.
We work closely with individuals, families and communities to assess the landscape, identify way to secure properties and transfer the title to a Community Land Trusts (CLT). The properties below have been secured since 2022.
ECOGIPPS LAND TRUST PROPERTIES - EAST GIPPSLAND
The first group of properties to be protected via BioDiversity Legacy is EcoGipps venture in the Avon wilderness region of Gippsland, Victoria.
Founded by the well-known environmental philanthropists, Jim, Heather, David and Kate Phillipson, EcoGipps has restored and protected over 1,000 acres, creating bio-links to public reserves.
NOORAMUNGA LAND & SEA - LITTLE DOG ISLAND
In 2022 the Nooramunga team purchased Little Dog Island, a 150-acre island adjoining the Corner Inlet Ramsar site in South Gippsland.
The island represents an outstanding example of coastal saltmarsh, a distinctive ecological community under increasing pressure from population growth and coastal development.
PROTECTING NED'S FOREST, SOUTH COAST NSW
In early 2023 Ned, a 15-year-old local naturalist, was out taking photos of plants and animals near the boundary of Julie and Mark Mills’ farm near Moruya. He discovered a clearing being prepared for sub-division. Recognising the property’s critical location as a wildlife corridor between the Eurobodalla and Deua National Parks, Mark and Julie decided to purchase the property, which they named Ned’s Forest. They collaborated with BioDiversity Legacy to secure it as a living laboratory for future generations.