‘The environmental movement needs many hands’: saving Australia’s biodiversity is getting personal

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Wildlife | The Guardian

Powered by individual donations and bequests, the country now has one of the world’s largest networks of privately protected and managed landChange by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprintGot a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.comGifting land for conservation and leaving environmental bequests in personal wills are part of a quiet but rapidly growing revolution in environmentalism in Australia – motivated by individual efforts to address the climate and biodiversity crisis head on.As a result, Australia now boasts one of the largest networks of privately protected and managed areas in the world, with gifted land now covering over 10m hectares.