Welcome

Since our last national conference, Australians have heard a lot about the increasingly precarious state of nature. There is now be no doubt that mass species extinctions and climate change are inextricably linked and already causing devastation to our own great and precious land.

Within our own spheres of influence we wonder what we can do; we can see the profound need to work at greater pace, greater scale, to do more faster. Are we rising to the challenge?

The Australian Land Conservation Alliance (ALCA) brings together many of Australia’s key nature conservation organisations. Collectively, we work across more than 2.9 million square kilometres of privately owned or managed land. This is an area more than 5 times the size of France. Together, we have over 50,000 supporters and more than 500 staff. We work with many thousands of volunteers, business, universities, schools and other groups across Australia.

As a collective, ALCA represents a growing part of the considerable force of private land conservation. Together we are all engaged in the national and international fight against species extinction, in work aimed at restoring health to landscapes and natural systems critical for the survival and success of future generations.

Each year, ALCA continues to grow and our national conference is our major annual event. In 2019, the fifth national Private Land Conservation Conference 2019 (PLC19) will be in Adelaide. This year we pose urgent and compelling questions to the private land conservation sector, to the industry and
businesses, governments, researchers and educators, communities and supporters ‐ how do we work smarter, faster, at larger scale, together? How do we to make the profound and positive changes that will propel us further down the path toward large scale, meaningful outcomes?

PLC19 is an exciting forum to share knowledge, perspectives, research and experience. It is a is a unique opportunity to be part of a forum playing a key role in the success of conservation of privately
owned and managed land. We very much look forward to seeing you in Adelaide this October.
 
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
We acknowledge and respect the Traditional Custodians whose ancestral lands we live and work upon and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and respect the deep spiritual connection and the relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have to Country.

We also pay our respects to the cultural authority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their nations in South Australia, as well as those across Australia.