Landcare is a uniquely Australian partnership between the community, government and business to 'do something practical' about protecting and repairing our environment.
More than 4,000 volunteer community landcare groups - including bushcare and urban landcare, rivercare, coastcare and sustainable agriculture groups – are tackling land degradation in every corner of Australia.
Through Australia's people and communities, the Landcare movement is making a big difference in caring for our country. Landcare volunteers - over 100,000 of them - are proving that together we can repair and viably manage our precious natural resources.
Improving our farmlands
Many primary producers are active participants in landcare. They make significant contributions to combating soil salinity and erosion through sound land management practices and sustainable productivity. More than 40 per cent of farmers are involved in landcare and many more practice landcare farming.
Breathing new life into waterways
Rivercare groups work to conserve, rehabilitate and better manage our river systems.
Around the coast
Coastcare groups are active in improving local coastal and marine environments.
Bringing back trees
Each year landcarers plant many millions of native trees, shrubs and grasses for a range of benefits, including better soils, water and air quality. They restore bushland and conserve sensitive areas in public and on private land.
Restoring wildlife habitats
Landcare volunteers have provided protection for thousands of native species, including threatened and endangered flora and fauna.
Urban action - protecting our urban environment
Active landcare groups in Australia’s towns and cities invest inestimable time and effort each year working to tackle local environmental issues of most concern to their communities.
INSPIRED? WANT TO GET INVOLVED? Hook up with your local landcare group, join or start your own landcare group! See www.landcareoneline.com.au for more general information. Or visit www.landcareonline.com.au/directory to find out where the nearest landcare group to you is.
