60,000 hectares of farmland to become new nature reserve in Australia

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The New South Wales government has purchased more than 60,000 hectares of farmland near Broken Hill for an outback nature reserve, home to at least 14 threatened species.

In an effort to expand conservation efforts in the traditionally underrepresented far west of the state, on Monday NSW environment minister Matt Kean announced the government had finalised the purchase of the neighbouring Langidoon and Metford sheep stations.

The stations stretch across sandplains, stony desert and shrubland, and are located in a bioregion that has one of Australia’s lowest levels of reservations – only 3.4% of the land is currently protected.

“Land to the west of the Great Dividing Range supports a great diversity of wildlife, unique natural heritage and culturally important places, worthy of protection,” Kean said in a statement.

The government said the properties contain important Aboriginal heritage sites and artefacts, such as grinding plates and stones.

The area is also home to a number of threatened animal species.

“This new park will be an important refuge for wildlife including at least 14 threatened animal species including habitat for the Australian bustard, white-fronted chat and the pink cockatoo,” Kean said.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jun/07/nsw-buys-60000-hectares-of-farmland-near-broken-hill-for-outback-nature-reserve

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Are those the same acres that were burned to the ground not that long ago?

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If there is one place, it's Australia indeed

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Good environmental news coming out of Australia? It's been a while

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1 hour ago, RAMROD said:

If there is one place, it's Australia indeed

And your point is?

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Just now, Sneaky said:

And your point is?

They have a lot of land that is unhabitable by humans so it is perfect?

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Just now, RAMROD said:

They have a lot of land that is unhabitable by humans so it is perfect?

That Rihanna gif is so confusing 

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Great news! I've been waiting for the Dutch government to do the same. We're such a small country yet we are the biggest exporter of meat and dairy