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Statistics about the Conservation Partners Program

During 2007/2008:

• 20 new conservation agreements and one addition to an existing agreement were signed, covering 2202 hectares
• 11 new wildlife refuges were created, and together with additions and transfers these covered 992 hectares.

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 2004	At 30th June 2006	At 30th June 2008
Number of voluntary conservation agreements in place	133	159 (11,946 ha)	204 (17,049 ha)	242        (23074 ha)
Number of wildlife refuges in place	587	599 (1,712,821 ha)	633 (1,930,885 ha)	641 (1,934,291 ha)
Percentage of private land in NSW managed for conservation	2.07%	2.15%	2.43%	2.43%
Hectares (ha) of private land managed for conservation	1,661,166	1,724,767	1,947,934	1,957,365

Conservation agreements - regional breakdown

As at 30 June 2008, there were 242 conservation agreements throughout New South Wales, protecting an area of 23,074 hectares. These can be broken up into bioregions, as follows:

Conservation agreements by bioregion, as at June 2006
Bioregion	Numbers of properties	Total property area (hectares)
North-Eastern NSW
New England Tableland*	12	3398.8
North Coast NSW	46	5707.6
South Eastern Queensland	2	765.9
South-Eastern NSW
South East Corner	84	2271.2
South Eastern Highlands	26	5373.5
Sydney and Surrounds
Sydney Basin	47	2631.2
Western NSW
Brigalow Belt South*	3	164.5
Darling Riverine Plains*	2	57.5
Nandewar*	6	1760.4
Riverina*	1	19.5
South Western Slopes NSW*	13	923.7
Totals	242	23073.97

* 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 2006, there were 641 wildlife refuges throughout New South Wales, protecting an area of 1,934,291 hectares. These can be broken up into bioregions, as follows:

Wildlife refuges by bioregion, as at June 2006
Bioregion	Numbers of properties	Total property area (hectares)
North-Eastern NSW
New England Tableland*	17	21658.9
North Coast NSW	107	31,547.4
South Eastern Queensland	1	79.0
South-Eastern NSW
Australian Alps
South East Corner	20	4,356.7
South Eastern Highlands	164	113,846.6
Sydney and Surrounds
Sydney Basin	103	26,622.2
Western NSW
Brigalow Belt South*	17	43,844.9
Broken Hill Complex*	10	368,534.9
Channel Country	1	55,944.0
Cobar Peneplain*	6	110,018.6
Darling Riverine Plains*	41	357,668.0
Mulga Lands*	7	163,629.5
Murray Darling Depression*	7	191,672.9
Nandewar*	2	1,375.3
Riverina*	51	263,021.8
Simpson-Strzelecki Dunefields*	2	84,330.0
South Western Slopes NSW*	86	96,140.4
Totals	641	1,934,291.21

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