Progress to Date - Henbury Conservation Project - RMWilliams
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Henbury Conservation Project |
The $13 million pastoral property of Henbury Station has been purchased by R.M.Williams Agricultural Holdings with the support of the Australian Government through its Caring for our Country initiative. Henbury Station will now be protected forever as part of Australia’s National Reserve System.
The Henbury Conservation Project encloses the Illamurta Springs and Henbury Meteorite reserves and provides important habitat links to Finke Gorge National Park and Owen Springs Conservation Reserve. It forms a vital building block in the Territory Eco-link conservation corridor from South Australia to the Arafura Sea, boosting the resilience of the landscape, so that native species have room to adapt to a changing climate and to move in response to fire and drought.
While Henbury has previously operated as a cattle station, 70 per cent of the huge property remains largely in its natural condition - a great platform for the new owners to implement a conservation and restoration plan to manage the entire property for conservation in perpetuity.
Henbury's purchase is a great win for biodiversity, and this project is gaining attention around the country for its innovative private sector approach to funding ongoing conservation - a potential model that can be applied across the landscape.