Conservation group Bush Heritage Australia has created history after forming a landmark alliance with the Federal and South Australian governments to purchase and protect a 216,700 ha former sheep-grazing property near Coober Pedy.
Bush Heritage Australia’s Cravens Peak Reserve, in Queensland, is singled out as one of the nation’s top ten nature reserves, in a report released today.
The WWF report Building Nature’s Safety Net 2008: Progress on Directions for the National Reserve System is being launched at Parliament House at 11am on 12th March by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, the Hon Peter Garrett AM MP.