Land for Wildlife is a voluntary and non-legally binding property registration scheme for landholders who wish to manage areas of wildlife habitat on their property.

Land for Wildlife encourages and assists  landholders to include nature conservation along with other land management objectives.

Land for Wildlife is free to join and is not legally binding. Registration in the scheme will not change the legal status of a property.    

Find more information and an expression of interest form here.

The NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust (BCT) offers private landholders a range of opportunities to protect, connect or restore biodiversity on their properties, and helps them manage the long-term or in-perpetuity conservation agreements they establish with us.

These agreements contribute to state, national and global ambitions to protect nature, with the Global Biodiversity Framework - agreed to by 196 countries, including Australia - setting a milestone target to protect 30 per cent of all lands and inland waters by 2030.

Find more information about BCT's conservation programs here.

Frog hotels for urban habitat! But why build a frog hotel?

Frogs are a great form of natural pest control: Frogs love to eat and will naturally help rid your garden of common pests like mosquitoes, slugs, moths, and flies.

Frogs will utilise your hotel because it provides a safe place to stay in highly urbanized environments: Land clearing, development and concrete surfaces have reduced the natural habitats where frogs shelter and breed.

Frog hotels provide a safe space in urban yards where frogs can hide from pets like cats and dogs.

Creating small refuges adds a larger diversity of habitat to your yard, turning your space into an inviting environment for native wildlife.

How to build it?

Watch this video by Sydney Zoo for tips on how to make your own: https://www.wildlifesydney.com.au/.../wild.../frog-hotel/

It is so important to protect existing tree hollows for wildlife habitat otherwise species have to seek shelter and refuge elsewhere (if that is possible, many species require specific hollows). An Australian tree hollow takes 80 to over 300 years to form, depending on the size of the cavity and the tree species. Small hollows for gliders and microbats take about 80 to 120 years, while large, deep hollows for owls and cockatoos can take over 200 years.

If you would like to introduce artificial tree hollows or habitat boxes to your property due to loss of habitat, contact Mountains for Wildlife, Hawkesbury - Blue Mountains. 

Alternatively, you can build your own specified nest boxes depending on the species you would lie to provide habitat for using this resource for Western Sydney. 

Link: Build your own Wildlife Nest Box: A guide for Western Sydney