As part of its commitment to create a sustainable future, bankmecu has purchased five properties situated in Victoria's west Wimmera region:
The properties, which are equivalent in size to 126 MCG’s, are home to Victoria's most iconic yet endangered bird. Only an estimated 1000 South-eastern Red-tailed Black Cockatoos remain, and these properties, with their Buloke and Desert Stringybark woodlands, provides an ideal habitat for this rare creature.
In addition, the landbank is also home to the Golden Sun Moth, Growling Grass-frog and Striped Legless Lizard.
There is an urgent need to protect Australia's natural heritage on private land. Private bushland contains threatened plants and animals, which are often not found in public parks and reserves. Private bushland also acts as a buffer zone to our much-loved national parks system. With nearly 70 per cent of Victoria cleared of bush it is crucial we act now to conserve and enhance the 1,000,000 hectares of unprotected bush left on Victorian private land.
bankmecu's Landbank sits within the broader framework of the Habitat 141 landscape scale conservation project which is reconnecting habitat from the outback to the ocean. An important project in a changing climate to ensure species mobility and survival.
Over time further properties will be added to the bankmecu Conservation Landbank, bankmecu will work with our friends Landcare and Trust for Nature to establish management plans and plant trees in order to offset the loss of biodiversity associated with our business of banking, finance of new home constructions and greenhouse gas emissions from cars financed with our goGreen® Car Loan, contributing to bankmecu achieving its commitment to carbon neutral operation.
Development of the bankmecu Conservation Landbank would not be possible without the ongoing support bankmecu customers give by choosing to bank with their customer owned bank.
More information
Click to view bankmecu's Convervation Landbank video presentation of Minimay.
Below are some of the pictures taken from Minimay:
by Mark Shappers
by John Tiddy
by John Tiddy
by John Tiddy