We’ve lost 70% of our natural vegetation cover in Brisbane since founding. 50% of that is on private property so the Wildlife Conservation Program works with private landholders in partnerships to support them in restoring managing and protecting strategic wildlife on their land to ensure their longterm survival.
Here in this property are wallabies koalas. Strategically very important.
720 wildlife conservation partnerships in Brisbane at the moment with BCC. BCC aims by 2026 to have 40% natural vegetation throughout Brisbane.
Land for Wildlife is the first entry level agreement. Voluntary wildlife conservation. Totally free to join. Non-legally binding. Can exit at any time. Property owners nominate the area they want to put away for conservation. Conservation officers visit annually. Help put together a management plan some riparian management. Need 0.5 of a hectare of bushland with connectivity to surrounding bushland to join.
Working Towards Land for Wildlife (orange sign) attracts all the benefits of the Land for Wildlife program but working towards it when someone doesn’t have land connectivity has a lot of lantana cover…
There are higher levels of agreement and covenants that are more legally binding and bring more funding for weed-control.
By being in wildlife conservation partnerships you receive excellent visits/ assistance from Catherine Peter Jenny and Cody annually. They prioritise managing weeds and giving you techniques on how to control weeds. They offer training days workshops assistance with feral animals (foxes deer trapping) provide reference books signs to hang on your front gate give you free plants to replace lantana. Do wildlife surveys on properties. Have a rebate on the wildlife levy. A good magazine. While it is the BCC officers’ job it wouldn’t exist without the support of the community. They give us the tools and urge us to assist as much as possible.
If you’d like to know more about the program and would like an officer to come out fill in the form and they will come out.