Protecting Reserves

What is protected on Bush Heritage reserves?

Bush Heritage is a national, independent, non-profit organisation. It strives to protect the unique and abundant diversity of life in Australia for the long term. It achieves this by acquiring and managing land and water of outstanding conservation significance.

An example of Bush Heritage's reserves protection of:

• redgum grassy woodland - on the Brogo River in the Bega Valley, New South Wales
• fan palm forest - habitat for cassowaries and threatened plant species in the Daintree, North Queensland
• endangered brigalow and six other threatened regional ecosystems - at Carnarvon Station Reserve in the brigalow belt of central Queensland
• wandoo woodland - with mallee, ephemeral wetlands and over 200 species of flowering plants in southwest Western Australia
• ancient york gum, salmon gum and gimlet woodlands - in southwestern Western Australia at the Charles Darwin Reserve
• the last remaining large stand of South Esk pine - at the South Esk Pine Reserve in Tasmania
• arid-zone dune country and floodplain  - at Ethabuka that is vital habitat for Australia's desert mammals.
  threatened grassy woodlands - in Victoria.
  

There is no shortage of places all around Australia in urgent need of Bush Heritage's protection. Our work is funded principally by donations from members of the public, who are contributing directly to the preservation of Australia's unique environment.