2020 Bob Hawke Landcare Award closes 12 Oct
The Bob Hawke Landcare Award is a prestigious, national award that publicly recognises an individual involved in championing Landcare and who inspires others to take action on their own property or through a Landcare group. Nominations now close on Monday 12th October...
A National conservation and land management employment program
The idea is to take people who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19, especially in tourism impacted regions, and redeploy them into temporary roles undertaking practical work such as restoring coastal habitats, tackling weeds and pests, planting trees, building...
Landcare Week August 3-9 2020
Get connected with the environment in your local community. Landcare Week celebrates and acknowledges the many thousands of volunteers, Landcare networks and groups, Coastcare, Bushcare and ‘Friends of’ groups, Traditional land managers, Junior Landcare schools and...
Regenerating your group activities
Great to see that in Qld we are are able to progressively undertake activities again. We still need to follow the health directives of the Qld Govt Health officer. Some new COVID-19 Resources are now available on the Volunteering Australia website as well as on the...
National Landcare Conference now in August 2021
Landcare Australia are proud to host the 2021 National Landcare Conference taking place 4th - 6th August 2021 at ICC Sydney in Darling Harbour. QWaLC is pleased to be part of the conference....
Qld DES Threatened Species Recovery and Resilience grants round 4
Applications are now open for Round 4—Threatened Species Recovery and Resilience of the Queensland Government’s Community Sustainability Action grants program. Grants up to $100,000 (ex GST) are available for on-ground projects which benefit threatened flora and fauna...
Volunteer Week 2020
National Volunteer Week (NVW) is an annual celebration to acknowledge the generous contribution of our nation’s volunteers. From 18 – 24 May 2020, say thanks to 35,000 QWaLC members and Volunteers, 714,138 Queenslanders who volunteer, and the 6 million volunteers...
Landcare Wellbeing survey
QWaLC would like to invite and encourage member groups, landholders, farmers and volunteers in Queensland to contribute their experience working with and/or being part of of the land and water carers community. To start the survey you can visit the link...
Boost for bushfire recovery
Recent announcements To access support and to find further details, visit the National Bushfire Recovery Agency website at www.bushfirerecovery.gov.au The new support also includes: Forestry Transport Assistance ($15 million): To assist the forestry industry with the...
beescount.org
The world bee count looks like an great activity to engage in. Anyone, anywhere can upload a picture of bees and other pollinators to the Global Pollinator Map. Only 6 days before you can download the app. https://beescount.org
National Landcare Conference new date
March 10 to 12 2021 in Sydney As you are aware, the National Landcare Conference was scheduled for this year, November 11 to 13. Due to the impacts of COVID-19, the National Landcare Conference Steering Committee have announced that the conference will now take place...
Wildlife and Habitat Bushfire Recovery Program Grants Available
The Wildlife and Habitat Bushfire Recovery Program will provide funding to support the immediate survival and long-term recovery and resilience for fire-affected Australian animals, plants, ecological communities and other natural assets and their cultural values...
QWaLC Member Groups Insurance Coverage update
Thanks to funding from the Queensland Government and the ongoing support of AON we have renewed insurance coverage for all QWaLC member groups until 31st March 2021. All member groups who have completed this years membership and insurance survey will receive, via...
A letter from the Chair of QWaLC
Dear QWaLC Members I want to touch base with you on behalf of the Board and staff of QWaLC to let you know that we are thinking of you, your loved ones and your communities at this difficult time. Following hot on the heels of the drought (still ongoing in a lot...
Coronavirus (Covid-19)
The World Health Organization has announced that Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a pandemic. All levels of government within Australia are taking steps to minimise the spread of this virus through the community. As community groups you will need to take additional care when...