Private land plays a critical role in protecting lutruwita/Tasmania’s biodiversity, landscapes and ecosystems.
The Private Land Conservation Program supports landholders, partners and practitioners to protect important natural values on private land through conservation covenants, stewardship and long‑term management.
Conservation covenants help ensure that Tasmania’s unique plants, animals, habitats and landscapes are protected in perpetuity, contributing to State, national and global conservation outcomes.
What would you like to do?
Order signage for an existing covenant property
Signage is available free to conservation covenant landowners
I own a conservation covenant property
Find out what your covenant means, your management obligations, and the support available to you.
I’m buying or selling a covenant property
Understand disclosure requirements and what a covenant means for future owners.
What the program does
The Private Land Conservation Program:
establishes and manages conservation covenants on private land
supports land stewardship and adaptive land management
administers covenants used for voluntary conservation, offsets and compliance
works with landholders and partners to protect natural values over the long term
Conservation covenants are established under the
Nature Conservation Act 2002 and are recorded on land titles, binding current and future owners. The number and size of these covenants is shown on the map below along with existing reserves.
If you have trouble accessing this map please contact the Private Land Conservation Team and they can provide the information in a different format privatelandconservation@nre.tas.gov.au
Conservation Covenants in Tasmania
Photo: PLCP