Nilpena Station
- YEAR: 2019
- STATE: South Australia
- FOCUS AREAS: Growing Parks/SDG 15: Life on Land
FNPW, the Flinders Ranges Ediacara Foundation and the South Australian Government are working together to create a new national park on the western edge of the Flinders Ranges that is like no other on Earth. It contains what retired South Australian Museum palaeontologist, Professor Jim Gehling, describes as “… the rarest and the oldest fossils on Earth that you can see with the naked eye.”
FNPW support
This project was funded through generous donations from FNPW supporters across Australia and beyond.
Project overview
The Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife is working with the South Australian Government and the Flinders Ranges Ediacara Foundation to purchase 60,000 hectares of Nilpena Station to become part of the Ediacara Conservation Park to conserve its globally significant fossils.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
This project is undertaken on the traditional lands of the [insert TO group name] people / nation.
FNPW supports projects across Australia. In the spirit of reconciliation the we acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Country and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture.
PROGRESS OF THIS PROJECT
The project was completed in XXXX / is ongoing / due for completion in XXXX.
This project was funded by FNPW in XXXX.
PROJECT PARTNERS
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