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Statistics about the Conservation Partners Program

During 2010/2011:

• 42 new conservation agreements  covering 6546 hectares
• 5 new wildlife refuges were created.

The following table shows the growth of voluntary conservation agreements and wildlife refuges since June 2003.

 

Total numbers and areas protected as wildlife refuges and conservation agreements since 2002-03
Key measures/year	At 30th June 2003	At 30th June 2006	At 30th June 2009	At 30th June 2011
Number of voluntary conservation agreements in place	133	204 (17,049 ha)	257 (52,729 ha)	310 (134,046 ha)
Number of wildlife refuges in place	587	633 (1,930,885 ha)	650 (1,934,033 ha)	662 (1,935,100 ha)
Percentage of private land in NSW managed for conservation	2.07%	2.43%	2.44%	2.58%
Hectares (ha) of private land managed for conservation	1,661,166	1,947,934	1,986,762	2,069,146

Conservation agreements - regional breakdown

As at 30 June 2011, there were 310 conservation agreements throughout New South Wales, protecting an area of 134,046 hectares. These can be broken up into bioregions, as follows:

Conservation agreements by bioregion, as at June 2010
Bioregion	Numbers of properties	Total property area (hectares)
North-Eastern NSW
New England Tableland*	15	3665
North Coast NSW	41	5926
South Eastern Queensland	19	2477
South-Eastern NSW
South East Corner	89	2609
South Eastern Highlands	41	7138
Australian Alps	2	283
Sydney and Surrounds
Sydney Basin	69	5064
Western NSW
Brigalow Belt South*	3	165
Darling Riverine Plains*	2	58
Nandewar*	7	1766
Riverina*	1	20
South Western Slopes NSW*	19	1879
Murray Darling Depression *	2	103,000
Totals	310	134,046

* Less than 10% of the area of these bioregions is protected by national parks and other public reserves.

Wildlife refuges - regional breakdown

As at 30 June 2011 there were 662 wildlife refuges throughout New South Wales, protecting an area of 1,935,100 hectares. These can be broken up into bioregions, as follows:

Wildlife refuges by bioregion, as at June 2009
Bioregion	Numbers of properties	Total property area (hectares)
North-Eastern NSW
New England Tableland*	12	7327
North Coast NSW	94	45,485
South Eastern Queensland	42	5899
South-Eastern NSW
Australian Alps
South East Corner	20	4168
South Eastern Highlands	149	94158
Sydney and Surrounds
Sydney Basin	93	23,409
Western NSW
Brigalow Belt South*	18	25,365
Broken Hill Complex*	9	299,247
Channel Country	3	140,274
Cobar Peneplain*	12	134,000
Darling Riverine Plains*	41	409,018
Mulga Lands*	6	192,910
Murray Darling Depression*	5	191,500
Nandewar*	3	1,259
Riverina*	49	250,126
South Western Slopes NSW*	106	111,955
Totals	662	1,935,100

* Less than 10% of the area of these bioregions is protected by national parks and other public reserves.