Designed to protect and restore the ecological integrity of land areas across south-west Western Australia, a biodiversity hotspot, the completed link will be a continuous stretch of reconnected bushland stretching for a 1000 km from the wet forests in the State’s far southwest to the dry woodlands and shrublands bordering the Nullarbor Plain.
The Gondwana Link project began in 2002 as an informal coalition with the purchase of Chereninup Creek Reserve and other activities.
In the Fitz-Stirling section of 'the Link' Greening Australia, Bush Heritage Australia, Fitzgerald Biosphere Group, Carbon Neutral and other private landholders and individuals are working together to reconnect the Stirling Range and Fitzgerald River National Parks, currently separated by only 70 km of mainly cleared land.
The indigenous Noongar people are also providing support and input, informing all members of the cultural values of the country and sharing their knowledge and story of connection with the land.
Greening Australia has purchased or jointly purchased three properties between the National Parks (Nowanup, Beringa and Yarrabee) and has funded a large amount of direct seeding and tree planting on this land, including up to 650 ha undertaken with local farmers.