Wildlife Land Trust The Wildlife Land Trust is pleased to announce its new program in collaboration with Humane Society International and the Wildlife Land Trust Australia. The Trust is inviting you to join in the vital mission to create a global sanctuary system based on the principle of humane stewardship.
As one of the most naturally diverse countries on the planet, Australia is home to more than one million species of plants and animals with more than 80 percent of these species found nowhere else on Earth. Unfortunately, drastic changes to its landscape and native habitat resulting from years of uncontrolled human activity have put many of these unique species at serious risk. In the few minutes that it will take to read this brochure thousands of acres of critical wildlife habitat across Australia will have been lost. This loss of habitat has had a horrendous impact on Australia’s wildlife. Over the last 200 years, many of its plant and animal species have become extinct – that is, lost forever! In addition, over 300 species of animals and 1200 species of plants are now considered endangered or vulnerable in Australia. The crisis is real and grows more urgent every day. Something must be done. Something can be done. Protecting and preserving Australia’s streams, grasslands, forests and wetlands is essential to wildlife’s survival. Every acre protected safeguards wildlife that desperately needs our help to survive.
Whether you currently have an agreement with a state government wildlife authority, or your land is designated through a voluntary wildlife refuge program of some kind, we would very much like to invite you to join us at the Wildlife Land Trust, and become part of a global sanctuary system. If you are not yet involved in any form of voluntary or formal program to protect your land, but would like to be, we would be especially glad to hear from you. In New South Wales (NSW) the Wildlife Land Trust Australia has developed a partnership with the Department of Environment & Conservation (DEC) to promote conservation on private land. Joining the Wildlife Land Trust imparts no legal obligations upon landholders, and we would simply seek a non-binding letter of agreement in relation to your commitment to protect wildlife and habitats. Joining the WLT would not conflict with any of your current arrangements, legal or otherwise, and aims to entirely complement existing protection measures in cooperation with ongoing government and non-government programs. To register your property as a sanctuary with Wildlife Land Trust Australia, download the Sanctuary Application and submit to the Wildlife Land Trust Australia.
For more information, please contact: Wildlife Land Trust -Australia
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Australia’s Vanishing Wildlife
The Trust’s Australian Land for Wildlife program
will become an important part of on-going efforts to protect biological
diversity across Australia, complementing the activities of other private
individuals, non-government organizations and government authorities. As
new threats to species and habitats appear, such as the ominous affects
of climate change, developing new linked corridors of viable habitats becomes
a crucial and urgent action. It has our hope that the Trust can make a
significant contribution to conservation in Australia.
An Invitation to Register your Property
Wildlife Land Trust Benefits:
