Biolinks is a wonderful initiative that we need to see replicated across the world. It’s a smart way to bring back nature by working directly with land owners and communities. Biolinks Alliance restores and reconnects large landscapes across public and private land in Central Victoria, Australia, by connecting landowners with environmental groups and networks. 

Instead of working on isolated projects they restore and link ecosystems together for maximum impact, using their Local to Landscape approach.

BioLinks “Local to Landscape” is a conservation approach that brings the critical need of native plants and animals together with the communities best-placed to protect them – for genuine and lasting environmental change.

The planning system – created by Biolinks Alliance – brings together community members to agree on and foster large-scale landscape restoration actions in their local area. Backed by Biolinks Alliance’s expertise and leadership, together, community members (such as landholders and community conservation groups) in consultation with government and Traditional Owners, create a plan and conservation investment prospectus for their local area.

A shared community vision to restore and reconnect landscapes

With roots that stretch far and wide – communities offer strong, interwoven foundations, just like the ancient trees around them.

Traditional Owners, farmers, landholders, conservation groups and volunteer organisations are the environmental stewards who know these landscapes better than anyone.

And – yet, decisions made far away and applied locally without adequate engagement or a genuine understanding of a community’s own vision, fail to make the most of this incredible knowledge.

Local to Landscape is a conservation approach that is reconnecting landscapes that are at dire threat with our changing climate. This is not just with corridors and linear connections – but by rebuilding biolinks using evidence-based, scientific methods that enable native species to move through landscapes – regardless of tenure, land type or land use. 

Volunteering Opportunities

There are lots of ways to get involved including Volunteering Opportunities as well as donating to the Project here. In the Knowledge hub they encourage Citizen Science, as well as encouraging kids to get involved.

Website here: https://biolinksalliance.org.au/

The “Our path to restoration” PDF is worth reading and sharing. Available here: https://biolinksalliance.org.au/our-path-to-restoration