The Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife has just received a donation of high value conservation land which it has gifted to the public for future protection in our national reserve system.
The land donation by Mark Adams and Lynnette Eggleston provides the addition of more than 16 hectares to the South East Forests National Park. The property has been managed with minimal interference since 2000 when it became part of a Voluntary Conservation Agreement.
“This generous donation will provide conservation of Flats Wet Herb Forest and Bega Wet Shrub Forest, both of which are poorly represented ecosystems within the park reserve system.” said Ms Gale, CEO of the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife.
“It is fantastic to know that by handing this donation of land over to National Parks, many threatened species such as the Yellow-bellied Glider, Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Spotted-tailed Quoll and Powerful Owl and can persist on the site for future generations of Australians.” Ms Gale emphasised.
The Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife is the only organisation in Australia whose philanthropy is an investment in our public estate, for all to enjoy. There are tax incentives for landholders donating land but the real value is the growth of our national parks and the protection this gives to our many plants and animals cared for under their management.
The property is within the Great Eastern Ranges, a landscape scale corridor to protect endangered and threatened species through connectivity of ecosystems.
