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"A Queensland outback cattle station the size of Yosemite national park which
includes key habitat for the elusive night parrot has been acquired for
conservation after an anonymous donation of $21m.
Vergemont station, 110km west of Longreach, was acquired in a joint purchase by
the Queensland government and the Nature Conservancy, which brokered the deal.
The group said it is likely the single largest philanthropic contribution to
land protection in Australia.
The 352,000ha property had been for sale since 2016. It is located at the
headwaters of the Lake Eyre Basin and will join existing national parks to
create a conservation corridor of roughly 1.4m hectares.
According to the Nature Conservancy’s senior adviser for global protection, Dr
James Fitzsimons, the property contains 34 ecosystems and ranks higher than 90%
of existing national parks in the state for habitat representation.
Fitzsimons said the purchase was critical to protect key habitat for threatened
species, including the endangered night parrot and vulnerable yellow-footed
rock-wallaby."
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