Purchasing a conservation property offers endless opportunity to yourself and your lifestyle, while creating an environmental legacy that goes beyond yourself.

Here are just some reasons to consider a conservation property:

• Own a private retreat for birding, photography & remote tranquility
• Save money with exemption from land tax! (For properties with a Trust for Nature covenant)
• Experience the reward of watching biodiversity & threatened species return to a restored landscape
• Help establish critical wildlife bio-links that combat habitat loss and climate change
• Build an off-grid dwelling within a designated Domestic Area for weekends and holidays (STCA)
• Receive expert land management guidance and ongoing support via tailored stewardship programs
• Enjoy a nature sanctuary that protects native habitat forever, even if the land changes hands

Conservation properties protect vulnerable bird populations and as a result, often see thriving and dynamic bird life on the land. How do they support bird communities?

Bio-link creation: Most Cassinia Properties are strategically chosen to connect existing state forests and nature reserves. The restoration work forms corridors that allow threatened and nomadic bird species, such as the Painted Honeyeater or Pink Cockatoo, to move safely across the landscape.

Removing threats: By restricting activities like the introduction of non-native invasive plants and destructive land clearing, a covenant on conservation land ensures the native ecosystem remains intact and local bird communities can thrive without competition.

Active food and nesting resources: The restoration of these sites takes them from cleared country into diverse, native ecosystems. Planting indigenous vegetation creates canopy, structural understory and dense ground cover, all of which contribute to providing vital nesting materials, shelter and diverse food sources.

Guaranteed, protected habitat: Because these properties are generally locked into perpetual conservation covenants registered on the title, the land can never be cleared or subject to intensive development, even if it changes hands! As a result, generations of birdlife have an undisturbed sanctuary on these sites.

A conservation covenant is an agreement that permanently protects and conserves private land. Cassinia Properties partners with Trust for Nature, one of Australia's oldest conservation organisations, to covenant many of our properties that are for sale.

These covenants aim to guarantee that the restoration work completed on a property is never undone.

For those looking to contribute conversationally, covenants are a powerful means of ensure Australian ecosystems continue to thrive.

The covenant generally includes some restrictions that limit activities that could be harmful to the environmental health of the land and the biodiversity inhabiting it.

These may include:

• Removing native vegetation
• Introducing non-native plants & animals
• Removing wood or timber
• Causing deterioration to the quality, flow or quantity of water
• Subdividing the land