Biodiversity Conservation Trust reports 35,000 hectares in NSW devoted to conservation agreements

Lucy Kinbacher
October 17 2019 - 10:00am
Shirley Handy, Five Corners, Inverell, placed a voluntary conservation agreement on her property some years ago. A growing number of producers are now doing the same.
Shirley Handy, Five Corners, Inverell, placed a voluntary conservation agreement on her property some years ago. A growing number of producers are now doing the same.

A growing number of NSW landholders are voluntarily converting their properties into conservation areas as a result of the state government's $355 million commitment to the cause.

Lucy Kinbacher

Lucy Kinbacher

Editor - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Raised on a cattle property at Biggenden, Lucy Kinbacher has spent 10 years working across metropolitan, regional and rural publications in both Queensland and NSW. Lucy has been the editor of the Queensland Country Life and North Queensland Register since 2021.

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