Aims
BHA is striving for the long term protection of Australia's biodiversity through the acquisition and management of land, water and wildlife of outstanding conservation significance. In order to do so it focusses its attention and investment on five broad 'anchor' regions across Australia, selected for a combination of criteria, including the number of threatened species and ecosystems, the number of endemic species, and the general condition of the lands within the region. Care of BHA owned properties includes the rehabilitation of degraded land, the control of introduced herbivores and predators, the use of fire as a management tool, consultation and cooperation with neighbouring ladowners and traditional owners, as well as with government departments, and the creation of habitat corridors. The goal of the organisation is to permanently protect 1% of Australia's natural environment. The five key anchor regions are the:
- Gulf of Carpentaria to the Channel Country (and Lake Eyre), covering much of the eastern Northern Territory, western Queensland and north-eastern South Australia
- Queensland Uplands and the Brigalow Belt, covering much of the Great Dividing Range in central eastern Queensland
- Grassy Box Woodlands of south-eastern Australia, mainly in Victoria and New South Wales
- Tasmanian Midlands - the grasslands of central Tasmania
- South West Botanical Province, the south-western corner of Australia
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