Create incentives for private landholders to protect and restore native vegetation through grants and/or state supported covenanting and stewardship arrangements. Support and build community conservation groups with long-term funding to scale-up habitat restoration projects. To increase protected areas and private lands conservation in WA there should be:
- long-term targets set for private land conservation, especially for landscapes and ecosystems not sufficiently represented in the National Reserve System;
- legislative and policy changes to provide for conservation covenants permitted on pastoral leases;
- priority properties for conservation identified through covenants and agreements;
- protection of critical habitat prioritised for threatened species and ecological communities to meet conservation objectives; and
- incentives, ongoing support and expertise offered under a coordinated state-wide system for private and community conservation.