Deal: Nari Nari Tribal Council was advised on a conservation agreement with the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust, known as “Gayini (Nimmie-Caira)”.

Area: Environment

Value: N/A

Key players: Dentons planning and environment partner Jodie Wauchope, along with real estate partner John Grimble and lawyer Nicholas Buxton.

Deal significance: The complex negotiation to secure the agreement involved stakeholders, Nari Nari Tribal Council, the Biodiversity Conservation Trust and The Nature Conservancy, and interested parties such as the Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation.  

The Gayini (Nimmia-Caira) is host to some of Australia’s most diverse ecosystems and culturally significant Aboriginal heritage sites. Its importance to scientific research and international migratory bird species is immeasurable. 

Along with the conservation agreement negotiations, Dentons managed complex land titling arrangements for the Nari Nari Tribal Council, involving over 90 land titles and arrangements for simultaneous transfer of multiple covenants.  

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Ms Wauchope advised the Nari Nari Tribal Council in the conservation agreement negotiations. She commented: “This is a great outcome for the Nari Nari Tribal Council, leading land and water system managers. 

“Under their careful stewardship, this vast and essential Murray-Darling basin wetland is being managed and regenerated with stunning results. The conservation agreement will support this work.”

Mr Grimble led the real estate transactions legal team along with Mr Buxton.

Mr Grimble said: “It was a privilege to work with the Nari Nari Tribal Council. The resulting agreement is something everyone should be proud of.”

“Dentons congratulates the Nari Nari people and all the other participants in the negotiation on achieving a landmark outcome that will have cultural and environmental benefits for generations to come,” the firm said in a statement.