2026 QLD Landcare Awards

Nominations are NOW CLOSED for the 2026 Queensland Landcare Awards!
These awards honour individuals, groups and organisations that are making outstanding contributions to caring for the environment in their local communities for the benefit of all Australians today, and for generations to come.

The categories celebrate climate action, environmental leadership, sustainable ag, First Nations Peoples, women in landcare, youth, Junior Landcare and Coastcare.

Assessment Process!

The Nominations will be assessed over the next weeks and the awards will take place at the 2026 Queensland Landcare Awards ceremony in October.

Nominations were received from individuals, groups or organisations involved in protecting and improving their local environment. These include:

• Volunteers for landcare and all community-led environmental groups
• Landcare groups, networks, facilitators
• Urban landcare groups including ‘Friends of’, bushcare, Coastcare, Rivercare, Dunecare groups
• Sustainable farmers, farming systems groups and primary producers
• Agricultural co-operatives and industry associations
• Traditional Owners, First Nations organisations and Indigenous land and sea Rangers
• Landholders and/or land managers
• Natural resource management agencies
• Local government
• NGOs
• Research agencies and academics
• Young adult groups and individuals
• Nominations are open to schools, day care centres and youth groups with children aged from 5 years to 18 years. Eligible groups include primary schools, secondary schools, Scouts, Girl Guides, youth organisations or young community landcare teams. Nominations are open to individual children aged from 10 years to 18 years.
• Persons who are deceased can be nominated posthumously.

What are the categories? 

• Australian Government Landcare Innovation Award  
• Australian Government Sustainable Agriculture Landcare Award 
• Australian Government Individual Landcarer Award 
• Australian Government Community Partnerships Landcare Award
• Coastcare Award  
• First Nations Landcare Collaboration Award 
• Women in Landcare Award  
• Junior Landcare Award 
• NextGen Landcare Award