Our thanks to the Queensland Government for their ongoing support, since 2004, of this unique support initiative. We look forward to being able to continue to support the diverse and impactful activities of QWaLC members into the coming year under the funding program, NRRP. The safe undertaking of activities by members and volunteers has meant that our insurance premiums have remained affordable – which is an excellent outcome.
The National Landcare Network (NLN) is the peak representative body for community Landcare groups across Australia and works to provide a voice for Landcare at the national level. QWaLC is one of the 9 State and Territory Landcare Organisation peak body members and represent Queensland. The National Landcare Network gives a voice for Community Landcare across the country with over 2000 active State and Territory Landcare Organisation members representing 6000 plus individual Landcare groups and over 160000 Landcarers across Australia.
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.
NRM Regions Qld is the lead body for regional NRM bodies in Queensland. They represents the interests of the 12 regional natural resource management bodies in Queensland. The state has adopted a flexible approach to community-based NRM, in response to the Australian Governments’ Caring for our Country and previous programs. This means that regional bodies reflect diversity within the state, in their corporate structures, stakeholder interests, and stages of planning and implementation of NRM.
The MOU signed between QWaLC and NRM Regions Qld QWaLC-NRMRQ-MOU-19-Nov-2020
The Australian Citizen Science Association (ACSA) was formed to advance citizen science through the sharing of knowledge, collaboration, capacity building and advocacy.
We are a member-based community that supports, informs and develops citizen science. ACSA membership is open to citizen science project managers, volunteers or anyone with an interest in citizen science.
Volunteering Queensland has for 41 years been the state’s peak body for advancing and promoting volunteering. It represents over 300 member volunteer involving organisations and support thousands more through a wider network, encompassing hundreds of thousands of volunteers, who contribute their time, money, and skills to the benefit of all Queenslanders.
The Australian Association of Bush Regenerators (AABR) is established as an environmental not-for-profit with the purpose of protecting and enhancing the natural environment of Australia, by promoting, developing, and fostering the ecologically sound management and repair of ecosystems.
Community Council for Australia are an independent member-based peak body dedicated to building flourishing communities by enhancing the extraordinary work of Australia’s not-for-profit sector. We do this by changing the way governments, communities and the not-for-profit sector relate to one another.In particular, this includes establishing a regulatory environment that works for community organisations – not against them.
Global Landcare (GL) is a not for profit community group which the spreads the values and practices of Landcare across the globe. Our Purpose To encourage globally, adoption of the Landcare approach to the management of the natural environment and enhancement of livelihoods, by supporting community owned and led approaches to the protection and sustainable management of land, water and biodiversity resources.