Great Victoria Desert Wilderness Corridor Established

Great Victoria Desert Council has successfully established a 4.5 million hectare Wilderness Corridor across Australia's largest desert, creating a protected pathway that allows wildlife to migrate across the vast arid landscape and preserving one of the world's last true wilderness areas.

The corridor, stretching from the Western Australian goldfields to the South Australian border, represents the largest conservation initiative in the region's history. It protects critical habitat for threatened species including the great desert skink, sandhill dunnart, and malleefowl while maintaining the ecological processes that have shaped this landscape for millions of years.

"The Great Victoria Desert is Australia's last great wilderness. This corridor ensures that the desert remains wild, that our wildlife can move freely, and that future generations will know what true wilderness feels like."

Corridor Design

The wilderness corridor incorporates diverse desert ecosystems:

Wildlife Protection

The corridor safeguards threatened desert species:

Management Approach

The corridor is managed using best-practice conservation:

• Traditional Knowledge: Integration of Aboriginal land management practices
• Feral Animal Control: Coordinated camel, cat, and fox management
• Fire Management: Strategic burning to maintain habitat diversity
• Research: Long-term ecological monitoring programs
• Partnerships: Collaboration with pastoralists and mining operations