Conservation Program

The Victorian Government has committed to delivering a comprehensive package of conservation actions as outlined in the Delivering Melbourne’s Newest Sustainable Communities Program Report (the Program Report) and Biodiversity Conservation Strategy for Melbourne’s Growth Corridors (BCS).

The major conservation projects that make up the Melbourne Strategic Assessment Program include:

• The Western Grassland Reserve – a 15,000-hectare grassland reserve outside Melbourne's growth  areas
• A 1,200-hectare Grassy Eucalypt Woodland Protected Area outside Melbourne's northern growth areas
• Over 4000ha of Conservation Areas within Melbourne's newest suburbs, set out in the BCS
• 145kms of Growling Grass Frog corridors along creek lines and rivers within the Melbourne's growth areas
• Maintaining and protecting sustainable Southern Brown Bandicoot populations within and adjacent to the Urban Growth Boundary
• Protecting environmental values within the 12 precincts planned for prior to the completion of the BCS
• Establishing additional areas outside Melbourne's newest subrubs to protect and manage habitat for the Golden Sun Moth, Matted Flax-lily and Spiny Rice-flower

For more information about the MSA program, please contact msa.information@delwp.vic.gov.au