Education Program outcomes

NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust education programs offer landholding communities and future generations of environmental stewards opportunities to increase their knowledge of, and understanding for, biodiversity conservation on private land.

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Education Program success

Inform and educate

A strategic priority of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust 2025-2026 to 2028-2029 Business Plan is to increase public knowledge about, and participation in, biodiversity conservation.

21,241 students
taught through Conservation Champions lessons and excursions
827 teachers
supported through professional development
263 landholders
trained and supported through Land Libraries
21,900 species
records collected through Land Libraries citizen science efforts
892,000 hours
of voluntary survey effort through Land Libraries

Last updated May 18, 2026.

The Education Program

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NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust Education Programs

The NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust delivers public education initiatives, including online conservation management modules, a targeted school program for primary and secondary classrooms, field-based learning opportunities for conservation-minded landholders and community outreach and education projects.

What we achieve through conservation education

Connect landholders

and offer ecological advice and access to technical and educational resources.

Raise public awareness

about the importance of biodiversity and its conservation on private land.

Influence more landholders

to participate in private land conservation.

Education resources

Discover how the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust supports NSW landholders, teachers and students to learn about private land conservation.

Resources for teachers

Contact the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust

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Phone:1300 992 688
Our website:nsw.gov.au/bct
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