Wildlife Land Trust Australia

The Wildlife Land Trust Australia has been operational under the auspices of Humane Society International since 2007.  Since then it has grown to incorporate127 properties protecting more than 15,500 hectares (about 38,500 acres) of wildlife habitat.  The Trust invites you to become part of the vital mission to create a global sanctuary system based on the principle of humane stewardship.

Australia’s vanishing habitat and wildlife

As one of the most naturally diverse countries on the planet, Australia is home to more than one million species of plants and animals, with more than 80 percent of these species being endemic - found nowhere else on Earth.

Unfortunately, drastic changes to the landscape and native habitat resulting from years of uncontrolled human clearing and expansion have put many of these unique species at serious risk.  In the time that it takes to read this website thousands of acres of critical wildlife habitat across Australia will have been lost.  This loss of habitat has had a horrendous impact on Australia’s wildlife.  In the last 200 odd years since European settlement, many of the nations plant and animal species have become extinct – that is, lost forever.  In addition, 427 species of animals and 1343 species of plants are now considered to be extinct, critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable under the Federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

The crisis is real and grows more urgent every day.  Something must be done. Something can be done.  Protecting and preserving Australia’s streams, grasslands, forests and wetlands is essential to wildlife’s survival.  Every acre protected safeguards wildlife that desperately needs our help to survive.

The Wildlife Land Trust Australia program is an extremely important part of on-going efforts to protect biological diversity across the country, complementing the activities of other private individuals, non-government organizations and government authorities.  As new threats to species and habitats appear, such as the ominous affects of climate change, developing new linked corridors of viable habitats becomes a crucial and urgent action.  It is our hope that the Trust can make a significant contribution to conservation in Australia.

Wildlife Land Trust benefits

Member benefits include:

• Becoming part of a continually growing national and international network of sanctuaries, promoting best conservation practices and protecting wildlife and habitats around the world
• The facilitation of useful communication between sanctuary members, as well as HSI staff and experienced land managers and native wildlife rehabilitators
• Help and advice regarding both the legal and ecological integrity of the property should it be required
• The opportunity to talk about the invaluable work undertaken to protect important wildlife habitats through feature pages on our website and in our regular Wildlife Lands newsletter
• Wildlife Land Trust signs to erect on your property

An invitation to register your property

Whether you currently have an agreement with a State Government wildlife authority, or your land is designated through a voluntary wildlife refuge program of some kind, we would very much like to invite you to join us at the Wildlife Land Trust.  If you are not yet involved in any form of voluntary or formal program to protect your land, but would like to be, we would be especially glad to hear from you.

To register your property as a sanctuary with Wildlife Land Trust Australia, download an application form and send it to the following address, or fill out the online form at http://bit.ly/1EajVG.

For more information, please visit wildlifelandtrust.org.au, or contact:

Wildlife Land Trust Australia
P.O. Box 439
Avalon, NSW 2107
Tel: 02 9973 1728
Tel: 1800 333 737
Fax: 02 9973 1729
Email: wlt@hsi.org.au

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