Current Projects
Gondwana Link
Gondwana Link is one of the largest and most ambitious conservation projects in Australia’s history. Designed to protect and restore land across and adjoining the nation’s only global renowned biodiversity hotspot, the completed link will be an arc of bushland stretching for 1000 kilometres, from the wet forests in Western Australia's far southwest to the edge of the Nullarbor Plain. Greening Australia is working alongside a host of partners on this project, including Bush Heritage Australia and The Nature Conservancy.
Living Flinders
The Living Flinders program covers 1.3 million hectares of internationally significant landscape in the Southern Flinders Ranges in South Australia. It is a national hotspot for native plants and animals including the endangered Yellow-Footed Rock-wallaby and supports critically endangered Peppermint Box and Grey Box Grassy Woodlands. The project aims to increase conservation efforts on privately held land as well as reduce invasion by feral species and reconnect existing reserve systems. It is a ten year project that calls for a $30m investment. Living Flinders is also part of the SA Government's Naturelinks program as well as an important component of the Trans Australia Eco-link.
Hawkesbury-Nepean River Recovery
River Recovery is Greening Australia's initiative to rehabilitate key river reaches around Australia. The program's focus in the state of New South Wales is the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment. Greening Australia is committed to rehabilitating 2500 km of river, creek and stream banks by 2015 to ensure the future of the catchment’s water quality, biodiversity and recreational values. Current work is focussed on restoring tributaries on the urban fringes of Western Sydney.
Carbon offsetting
Greening Australia has also recently become a supplier of biodiverse carbon offsets in Australia. The organisation uses its 26 years of experience in managing Australia's native vegetation to offset carbon through biodiversity focused tree plantings that both offset carbon and support major Greening Australia projects such as Gondwana Link. The program is called Breathe Easy.
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