“The regeneration is amazing,” Anne says. “The forest is very healthy; there are very few weeds.”
In 2024, after learning about the program, they decided to protect their Gippsland property forever with a conservation covenant. The forest is connected to neighbouring properties with large patches of bush. The covenant will provide a refuge for wildlife and plants as the climate changes.
“With the government paying for half of the covenant, we thought that was an opportunity,” Anne says. “As we get older, if something happens to us it’s protected.”
“I was despairing about state of the environment in Australia and the world,” Alan says. “The thing that eases my mind is that we’re helping it a little bit.”
“We’ll feel fulfilled. It’s something we did in our lifetime for conservation,” says Anne.
“I was despairing about state of the environment in Australia and the world,” Alan says. “The thing that eases my mind is that we’re helping it a little bit.”
“We’ll feel fulfilled. It’s something we did in our lifetime for conservation,” says Anne.
Putting a conservation covenant on your property is one of the best things you can do to safeguard Victoria’s natural wonder – thank you to all landholders who have protected habitat forever. Supported by the Australian Government’s Protecting Important Biodiversity Areas Program, Trust for Nature is offering landholders subsidised rates to create covenanted sanctuaries on 28 properties.
To find out more and register your interest, please contact Landholder Engagement Officer Sinea Ring: sinear@tfn.org.au.
To find out more and register your interest, please contact Landholder Engagement Officer Sinea Ring: sinear@tfn.org.au.
