Bush Heritage Australia is a non-profit organisation based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, that operates throughout Australia. It was previously known as the Australian Bush Heritage Fund, which is still its legal name. It purchases land, assessed as being of outstanding conservation value, from private owners, to manage as wildlife reserves in perpetuity. It does so to protect endangered species and preserve Australia's biodiversity. By 2011 the organisation was helping to conserve 67 threatened vegetation communities and more than 236 threatened plant and animal species.
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