About Us

Pioneers in Landscape Restoration

Cassinia has been a leader in landscape restoration and biodiversity protection since 2004. We deliver projects which restore, reconnect and protect Australia’s natural systems; endeavouring to see all of Australia’s national parks reconnected through biodiversity-based revegetation projects. We also seek to incorporate conservation management into agricultural systems, creating landscapes which are both productive and ecologically resilient.

In the past 18 years we have delivered over 105 landscape-scale projects across four states, and in the process become Trust for Nature’s largest covenantor. This means that we have permanently protected almost 30,000 acres (12,000 hectares) of our continent’s unique environment – more than any other organisation in Victoria.

We exist to assist other businesses to develop projects which heal the planet, and collaboratively work to develop solutions in carbon, biodiversity protection and sustainable agriculture.

Our mission

To facilitate the ongoing care of nature and people through landscape-scale protection, restoration and reconnection.

Our vision

Healthy, connected and productive landscapes where people and nature flourish.


Natural Capital Accounting

Measuring the benefits of nature

Investigating environmental data that is linked to economic and financial information, considering the stocks and flows of Cassinia’s natural capital and estimating the impact of Cassinia’s management actions.

Access our report to read about Cassinia’s natural capital accounting.

Prepared by IDEEA Group


Our Team

Management

Paul Dettmann

Founder

Nathan Smith

Chief Executive Officer

Kirrily McKay

Corporate Services Manager

Chris Lindorff

Chief Operations Officer

Chris Lunardi

Revegetation Manager

Katie Mawson

Executive Assistant

Mary Wildemast

People & Culture Manager

Kim Cornford

Landscape Operations Manager

Projects

Pat Byrne

Data & Innovations Manager

Josephine Rutledge

Project Manager

Greg Stone
Greg Stone

NSW Project Manager

Julia Jardine

Planning and Land Administration Manager

Krista Patterson-Majoor

BushBank Manager

Sarah LePage

North American Partnerships

Stefan van Boxtel

Communications Coordinator

Campbell Van Praagh

GIS & Data Management Officer

Josh Smith

aTree Coordinator

Andrew Kuhlmann

Restoration Manager- BushBank

Nina Page

Environmental Monitoring Officer

Eliza Foley-Congdon

Ecological Restoration Officer

Operations

Laura Henderson

Senior Landscape Operations Coordinator

Ray De Mack

Farm Manager

Ben Thorne

Operations

Knox Dettmann

Operations

Rick Melhuish

Operations

Greg Harris

Moolagundi Property Manager

Leigh Thorne

Kilongbutta Property Manager

John van Tiggelen

Landscape Operations Coordinator

Elizabeth Newton

Landscape Operations Coordinator

Gabby Keating

Revegetation & Seed Coordinator

Who we work with