First Nations & community-based initiatives

Learn First Nations leadership and community action in restoring biodiversity and protecting Country.

a group of First Nations Peoples collaborating
Aboriginal joint management of parks

Aboriginal joint management is an arrangement between the state and Aboriginal owners and Custodians to share responsibility for the management of national parks, reserves and other areas.

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Saving Our Species Program

With the state at risk of losing over 1,000 of our precious native animals, plants and ecological communities, the NSW Government established Saving our Species, NSW's flagship threatened species conservation program.

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Care for Country

Partnering with western Sydney's Aboriginal community

Aboriginal illustration of plants
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Reforms

The NSW Government is improving the way we manage, protect, and celebrate Aboriginal cultural heritage in NSW through listening to Aboriginal communities. 

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