Victoria to restore area five times size of Melbourne with $31m boost to private land conservation

Victoria has set a target of eventually restoring 200,000 hectares of private land for conservation. Photograph: jamesphillips/Getty Images/RooM RF

The Victorian government plans to restore an area five times the size of Melbourne as part of a new scheme to increase conservation on private land.

The state’s energy, environment and climate change minister, Lily D’Ambrosio, has announced the government will spend $31m to revegetate parcels of private land to create habitat for endangered wildlife and capture carbon.