Community Engagement

Reconciliation Australia

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http://www.reconciliation.org.au/
Reconciliation Australia is the national organisation promoting reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the broader Australian community.

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Decision Point Article: Citizen scientist vs 'professional' scientist

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http://www.decision-point.com.au/images/DPoint_files/DPoint_64/dp64%20p8%20Szabo%20citizen%20science.pdf
This article discusses the accuracy of volunteer surveys by comparing them with surveys conducted by scientists. It found a strong correlation between the two. (October, 2012)

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Terrain NRM eNews: Giangurra Beach Clean Up

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http://www.terrain.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1211:giangurra-beach-clean-up&catid=3:news&Itemid=152
The Great Northern Clean Up brings together people in communities right around Northern Australia to help improve their local environment. Community members, local government agencies and supporting organisations joined the Djunbunji Land and Sea Rangers at Giangurra Beach in Yarrabah for a beach clean up on Friday 14th September. (September, 2012)

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The Bugle Newsletter: Great Northern Clean Up hits Mackay Beach

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http://www.vision6.com.au/em/message/email/view.php?id=951363&u=49511
Locals at Shoal Point north of Mackay did their bit as one of 132 registered sites for the Great Northern Clean Up on Saturday 15 September, removing rubbish from popular coastal zone. (Friday, 28/09/2012)

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Northern Territory Landcare blog

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http://landcarent.blogspot.com.au/
This blog, published by Northern Territory Landcare, aims to engage with land managers and promote discussion about sustainable management practices. It is a platform for landholders to: read about sustainable practices developed locally; have their say by providing comment and counter-comment; and to document their experiences for others to learn from.

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Everyone's Environment grants - Qld Department of Environment and Heritage Protection

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http://www.ehp.qld.gov.au/funding/everyones-environment/index.html
The Queensland Government will be offering Everyone’s Environment grants to community groups for a wide range of environmental initiatives from 1 July 2012, such as: tree planting and restoring degraded land; community clean up; cleaning up our waterways; run-off reduction and water quality improvement; enhancing the natural beauty of local communities; and monitoring the level of pollutants in streams.

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Green Nomads

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http://www.greennomads.com.au/
Green Nomads is a casual volunteering program that links Australia's large travelling population (such as Grey Nomads) with community natural resource management groups who need extra volunteers to help undertake conservation works in their local communities.

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Terrain NRM news: Local Groups Boosting Landscape Health

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http://www.terrain.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1146:local-groups-boosting-landscape-health&catid=3:news&Itemid=152
$90,000 has been shared amongst six community groups in the Wet Tropics to give their local landscapes a boost. The Priority Corridors Grants program has recently funded community projects to rehabilitate valuable habitat corridors, riparian areas and a wetland. Each of the six project areas, including Peterson Creek, Barron River, Mulgrave River, Bulguru Wetland, Mission Beach and Walter Hill Range, will use grants of up to $20,000 to enhance the biodiversity, water quality, and productivity of the landscape.(June 2012)

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Greening Australia WA

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www.greeningaustralia.org.au/community/wa
Greening Australia WA works in partnership with landholders, the community, government and business to tackle environmental degradation in a practical, apolitical, scientific way

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Management Project - Improving aquaculture management practices to maintain ecological values

Extension activities will focus on improving aquaculture management practices, including updating environmental Codes of Practice, auditing 25 businesses across the aquaculture sector, closing gaps identified during the audits, developing agreements with business for continuous improvement of the Codes, and community engagement activities. (Text from Caring for our Country funding – accessed 23 February 2012)

People involved: Aquaculture Council of Western Australia Inc.

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