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Farmers and landholders are making space for nature. They have voluntarily committed to permanently protect wildlife habitat and preserve their natural legacy.
Across the country there are thousands of others, including family farmers, graziers, nature conservancies, and Traditional Owners, who all want to play their part in ensuring the survival of threatened native species, and the health of our rivers, forests and farmland for the benefit of all Australians.
But they can’t do it without serious government investment.
Our Natural Legacy is building a broad coalition of diverse land management organisations that support enduring conservation outcomes on privately managed lands, including the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Australian Land Conservation Alliance.
We work with local communities, scientists, stakeholders and government to permanently safeguard and actively manage wildlife habitat on privately owned land, for the benefit of all Australians. We support landholders to diversify their income, support practical land management, create local employment and support the long-term productivity and resilience of Australia’s farmland.
We envision an Australia where many more landholders are proudly protecting nature on their land. Enabled by the right kind of funding, programs, and tax incentives, they are helping ensure that our special animals, birds and plants survive and thrive, and that our livelihoods are secure.
We see a future where regional and urban communities, across political lines, recognize and value our work. We are the frontline in addressing the country’s most pressing conservation issues, and are doing the work to restore endangered ecosystems, combat invasive species, and mitigate climate change.
We believe in the power of a growing network of permanently protected areas. These are more than conservation sites. They are assets that enhance productive agriculture, bringing economic and social wellbeing benefits for landholders and the broader community.
Acknowledging, respecting, and enabling First Nations leadership
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across Australia as the First Peoples of our nation. We recognise and respect the enduring relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have with these lands and waters and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
The centrepiece of global best practice for protected area growth is the principle of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) as outlined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Our Natural Legacy recognises and pays respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, to their elders past, present and emerging. We recognise and respect the enduring relationship they have with their lands, sea and water.
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