ISSUES: Coastal land degradation, Indigenous heritage, Remnant vegetation
LOCATION: Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
2004 Victoria Coastcare Award Finalist, Balcombe Estuary Rehabilitation Group (BERG), was formed in 1997 and has over 200 volunteers dedicated to the rehabilitation of the Balcombe Estuary Reserve.
ISSUES: Coastal land degradation
LOCATION: Cottesloe, Perth, WA
Since its inception, Cottesloe Coastcare Association has grown to more than 150 volunteer members, received $150,000 in government grants and expanded their operations to protect and restore the entire coastline within the town of Cottesloe.
ISSUES: Coastal land degradation
LOCATION: Randalls Bay, Tasmania
Since the Friends of Randalls Bay Coastcare Group formed in 1997, there has been a significant reversal in the degradation and destabilisation of the coastal dune vegetation at Randalls Bay.
ISSUES: Biodiversity, Threatened species, Wildlife habitat loss or decline
LOCATION: Ballina, NSW
Based in Ballina on the far north coast of NSW, Australian Seabird Rescue (ASR) is a team of volunteer specialists focussed on the welfare of seabirds, waterbirds and marine turtles and the reduction of human impact on their habitats.
ISSUES: Coastal land degradation, Water quality
LOCATION: Great Barrier Reef, Qld
The Order of Underwater Heroes, or OUCH, is a group of internationally recognised volunteers dedicated to the protection of coral reefs in the Whitsunday Islands.
ISSUES: Building community involvement/skills, Education/awareness raising
LOCATION: Sydney''s northern beaches
SPONSOR: Hanson
As two of Australia's most popular volunteer organisations, a fitting partnership has evolved between Coastcare and Surf Life Saving Northern Beaches, Sydney.
ISSUES: Biodiversity, Community development, Threatened species
LOCATION: Christmas Island, WA
2004 Western Australia Landcare Education Award Finalist, Christmas Island District High School, has worked to ensure Greta Beach is a safer place for the nesting Green Turtles and a more pleasant recreational area for the residents of Christmas Island.
ISSUES: Coastal land degradation, Indigenous heritage
LOCATION: Tasmania
The South East Tasmanian Aboriginal Corporation (SETAC) is a non-profit, non-political, community based organisation. SETAC was given the opportunity through Coastcare to begin a Stabilisation and Rehabilitation Project on a degraded coastal midden site.
ISSUES: Coastal land degradation, Community development, Indigenous heritage
LOCATION: Nambucca Heads, NSW
The Indigenous community of the Nambucca area has been working on a long term Landcare/Coastcare programme involving planning, on-ground works and co-operative projects.
ISSUES: Coastal land degradation, Indigenous heritage
LOCATION: Tiwi Islands, NT
The Tiwi Land Council (TLC) holds the authority for land and coastal management on the Tiwi Islands (including Melville Island) according to the wishes of the traditional Tiwi owners. The Council's three key initiatives have been to stabilise coastal erosion, control invasive weeds and employ Marine Rangers to manage the area.
ISSUES: Indigenous heritage, Threatened species, Wildlife habitat loss or decline
LOCATION: Shark Bay, WA
The winner of the 2004 Alcan Landcare Indigenous Award was Yadgalah Aboriginal Corporation Inc from Denham, WA. This award recognises an indigenous community group that has adopted sound land management practices and is working towards culturally sustainable land use and/or enhancing or protecting an area.
ISSUES: Coastal land degradation, Education/awareness raising, Water quality
LOCATION: Yorke Peninsula, SA
The Marine Team is made up of all students and staff of the Port Vincent Primary School and Aquatics Centre, located on the Yorke Peninsula, west of Adelaide.
ISSUES: Biodiversity, Threatened species, Wildlife habitat loss or decline
LOCATION: Port Adelaide, SA
Project Dolphin Safe (PDS) is a community initiated project which started as a response to the deliberate killing of Bottle-nosed Dolphins in the Port River, Port Adelaide in the late 1990s.
ISSUES: Education/awareness raising, Technical advice and support, Weed management, Wildlife habitat loss or decline
LOCATION: Bondi Beach, NSW
SPONSOR: Hanson
Hanson'Australia's leading supplier of construction materials - has continued its commitment to Coastcare by funding the National Parks Association of NSW's groundbreaking 'CoastKeepers' program.
ISSUES: Biodiversity, Building community involvement/skills, Coastal land degradation
LOCATION: Gulf of Carpentaria
Ghost nets are fishing nets that have been lost accidentally or abandoned at sea and incredibly, in the past 20 months alone, over 60,000 metres of discarded nets have been collected in Australian seas. The United Nations General Assembly has now identified ghost nets (and marine debris) as an issue of international concern.
The nets travel through the ocean with the currents and tides, capturing endangered sea turtles, crocodiles, sharks and other marine animals in a lethal process called ghost fishing.
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