Landholder support program outcomes

2,564 agreements protect 2.1 million ha across NSW. Strong landholder engagement and rapid growth since 2015 drive biodiversity conservation success.

Two uniformed NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust officers converse with two landholders in an open plain. Image credit: Colin Elphick.

What does a conservation agreement-holder have access to?

Community and partnerships

Connections with local staff

Direct support and access to recourses

Assistance when challenges arise

The Landholder Support Program 

The program offers a network of expert local staff across 7 regions who connect landholders with advice and opportunities to support their conservation goals. 

In the last financial year, landholders were supported to meet the annual conditions of their agreement by way of 950 property visits, 1,228 conversations by phone, 5,188 articles of email correspondence and a further 132 other opportunities to connect via video conference or networked events, such as regional field days.

Landholder support activity

  • Interactions by email: 5,188
  • Interactions by phone: 1,228
  • Visits to existing landholders: 950
  • Landholder events: 117
  • Landholder attendees: 2,148

As of June 30, 2025

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Connection on privately-managed conservation areas

The NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust offers a network of expert local staff across 7 regions who connect landholders with conservation management practices and opportunities to support plans set down in their conservation agreements.

Contact the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust

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Phone:1300 992 688
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