Register of Environmental Organisations

Wandiyali Restoration Trust is entered on the Australian Government Register of Environmental Organisations.

Wandiyali

Wandiyali is the equivalent of a ‘type species’, forming the core and initiating conservation property.

The environmental importance of Wandiyali is highlighted by its participation in the National Landcare Environmental Stewardship Program (Box Gum Grassy Woodland) (2008-) and membership of Land For Wildlife (2016-)

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The environmental qualities of the area were further acknowledged when a local rezoning application (from Rural C to Rural Residential) resulted instead in a rezoning to Environmental. This application formed part of an extensive, and ultimately successful, rezoning application from Rural A to General Residential to the south east.

This recognition by local council was a primary motivator to enhance and highlight the conservation values by registering in perpetuity Conservation Covenants on the land titles, and undertaking regionally important restoration and connectivity projects.

Biodiversity credits generated under the NSW DPIE Biodiversity Offsets Scheme fulfilled part of local Council’s offset requirements for a major bypass road, and the subsequent conservation agreements, administered by the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust, enable management for improving biodiversity in perpetuity.

Wandiyali Restoration Trust

The Trust was formed to enable streamlined management of this regional biodiversity hotspot, as well as encourage local landowners and local community to become involved in conserving our critical environmental assets.