Biodiversity Strategy - Gosford City Council - NSW Government

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Table 3.2. Area of properties registered with the Gosford Pilot Corridors Project and the areas of
these properties that are managed for conservation
Table 3.3 describes the participation in various conservation incentive programs and Figure 3.1
maps the locations of participating landholders. The highest participation has been in the
onbonding Land for Wildlife program. Uptake in the other programs such as Wildlife Refuges,
Property Agreements and Voluntary Conservation Agreements has been lower and reflect the
difficulty in achieving long term and formal conservation agreements. Voluntary Conservation
Agreements are approved by the Department of Environment and Conservation and are the
highest protection that can be afforded to a private property but properties must meet strict
guidelines to be eligible under this scheme. Since this time more landholders have taken up
conservation incentive programs.
Number
of
properties
Total
number
of
properties
visited
Working
towards
Land for Wildlife
Full
registration
Total
land for
Wildlife
applicants
Wildlife
Refuge
Property
Agreement
152 13 43 56 1 2 0
Voluntary
Conservation
Agreement
Table 3.3 Number of properties in Gosford City registered in Land for Wildlife and other
conservation incentives programs as part of Corridors Project (as of 30/06/04).
Figures 3.4 - 3.6 Fencing areas for regeneration, a Rivercare Workshop and Land for Wildlife property
owners collecting their signs at Land for Wildlife Field Day held at private property in
Wyong. (J. Drudge,unknown, S Ash DEC).
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