Conservation Partners Program statistics

Conservation agreements – regional breakdown

As at 30 June 2015, there were 400 conservation agreements throughout New South Wales, protecting an area of 146,959 hectares. These can be broken up into bioregions, as follows:

Conservation agreements by bioregion, as at June 2015
Bioregion	Numbers of properties	Total property area (hectares)
North-Eastern NSW
New England Tableland*	19	4,563
North Coast NSW	51	7,406
South Eastern Queensland	24	2,707
South-Eastern NSW
South East Corner	97	2,818
South Eastern Highlands	66	11,358
Australian Alps	2	283
Sydney and Surrounds
Sydney Basin	89	5,826
Western NSW
Broken Hill Complex*	1	297
Cobar Peneplain*	1	448
Brigalow Belt South*	5	2,978
Darling Riverine Plains*	4	76
Nandewar*	10	1,866
Riverina*	1	20
South Western Slopes NSW*	28	3,313
Murray Darling Depression *	2	103,000
Totals	400	146,959

* 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 2015 there were 681 wildlife refuges throughout New South Wales, protecting an area of 1,889,057 hectares. These can be broken up into bioregions, as follows:

Wildlife refuges by bioregion, as at June 2015
Bioregion	Numbers of properties	Total property area (hectares)
North-Eastern NSW
New England Tableland*	15	8,005
North Coast NSW	96	45,468
South Eastern Queensland	46	6,187
South-Eastern NSW
Australian Alps
South East Corner	21	4,207
South Eastern Highlands	154	94,601
Sydney and Surrounds
Sydney Basin	95	23,538
Western NSW
Brigalow Belt South*	18	24,365
Broken Hill Complex*	9	299,247
Channel Country	3	140,274
Cobar Peneplain*	12	134,000
Darling Riverine Plains*	40	364,396
Mulga Lands*	6	192,910
Murray Darling Depression*	5	191,500
Nandewar*	4	1,261
Riverina*	51	250,244
South Western Slopes NSW*	106	108,854
Totals	681	1,889,057

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