Projects funded by Community Action Grants

Community Action Grants provides grants to community-based organisations of between $5000 and $20 000.

Groups around Australia are currently working on activities including planting and protecting areas of existing native and/or remnant vegetation; reducing the impact of invasive species, including Weeds of National Significance; recording Indigenous knowledge and cultural heritage; running workshops and field days to build community awareness and knowledge of local environmental issues, and demonstrating sustainable land management techniques such as managing soil erosion or rehabilitating land.

Here are a few example projects.

• A modern Tom Thumb fairytale
  Restoration of Tom Thumb Lagoon
• A treat for trees
  Trees for the Evelyn and Atherton Tablelands
• Chilean Needlegrass containment and awareness
  Community-lead containment and awareness activities
• Controlling Weeds of National Significance in the Jutland Precinct
  The spread of Boneseed in the Jutland precinct is threatening natural vegetation
• ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library
  Whale shark conservation
• Farmlink Research Limited
  Adapting to dry times
• Increasing habitat connectivity and health by building community participation
  Monarto Zoo is working with the community to develop valuable conservation skills
• Perth's coastal conservationists
  Coastal rehabilitation of North Beach to Watermans Bay linkage
• Restoration of the Agnes Rivulet
  Enhancing the Environmental Condition along the Agnes Rivulet through Weed Management and Revegetation
• The Lost World
  Stepping Stones to linking littoral rainforest remnants within Royal National Park through community engagement

Short film series

A series of short films are also available which showcase how Community Action Grants are making it possible for communities to make a positive difference to their local landscape and waterways.

• Partnerships protecting sea turtles - Bowen, Queensland
  Bowen is home to five iconic turtle species, listed as endangered or vulnerable.
• Coastal community conservation - Terrigal, New South Wales
  A diverse range of coastal restoration activities, from water monitoring to bush regeneration.
• Landholders sustainably managing their patch - Birdwood, South Australia
  The Upper Torrens Land Management project target erosion.
• Volunteers protecting endangered shorebirds - South Coast, New South Wales
  The South Coast Shorebird Recovery Program recruits and supports volunteers.
• Islands of biodiversity - Neerim South, Victoria
  Encourages landholders to revegetate their farm dams and transform them into islands of biodiversity.

• Empowering our future environmental leaders - Phillip Island, Victoria
  Provides primary and secondary school students with an understanding of the coastal environment.