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FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE BY "KICKING THE CARBON HABIT" - 04/06/2008

How will climate change affect our coastlines? Support Coastcare by "kicking the carbon habit"!

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CARING FOR OUR COUNTRY COMMUNITY COASTCARE GRANTS 2008 IS NOW OPEN - 22-05-2008

Caring for our Country Community coastcare is the Government's new natural resource management program. Caring for our Country is designed as an integrated package with one clear goal, a business approach to investment, clearly articulated outcomes and priorities and improved accountability.

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NEW NETWORK TEN COMMUNITY SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR WORLD ENVIRONMENT - 13-05-2008

Coastcare CSA with Fustina "Fuzzy" Agolley

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NEW COASTCARE INITIATIVE WITH BORDERS SEES 70 PER CENT DROP IN THE USE OF PLASTIC BAGS - 03-04-2008

A Coastcare initiative with Borders to tackle the growing problem of ocean and beach pollution caused by plastic bags has got off to a flying start with an average 70 per cent reduction in the number of customers taking a plastic bag when shopping with the bookseller.

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COASTCARE WEEK 2007: CELEBRATING OUR LOCAL HEROES - 20-11-2007

Local Heroes all over the Country has been awarded a prestigious Coastcare Local Hero medal for their outstanding contributions to repairing and protecting our magnificent coast.

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BIODIVERSITY MONTH 2007: CELEBRATE AUSTRALIA'S BIODIVERSITY - 06/10/07

September is Australia’s official biodiversity month and a great time to celebrate our unique wildlife and the amazing volunteers and Coastcare groups dedicated to protect habitats and the plants and animals living along the Hervey Bay coast.

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COASTCARERS FIGHTING THE EFFECTS OF MORE EXTREME WEATHER - 25/07/07

The Coastcare movement, consisting of 60,000 volunteers, have long protected our coast from erosion by protecting and revegetating sand dunes. As the climate changes, The Cambridge Coastcare Community Group and other volunteers will increasingly be finding themselves at the forefront of our defence against dune erosion.

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GHOST NETS KILLING AUSTRALIA'S PRECIOUS MARINE ANIMALS - 19/07/2007

Thousands of marine creatures are dying terrible deaths as a result of the growing problem of ‘ghost nets’, warns Coastcare.

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World Environment Day - Coastcare Welcomes Additional $4 Million to Protect Australia’s Coast - 05-06-2007

Coastcare has today welcomed an additional $4 million in funding for community volunteers to undertake on-ground action to protect Australia’s precious coastline, and has called Australians to get involved with protecting their local coast.

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EIGHT MILLION POTENTIAL COASTCARERS READY TO PROTECT OUR COASTLINE - 25-05-2007

New research released today by Coastcare and Roy Morgan Research show that 40 per cent of Australians, the equivalent to eight million people, are so concerned about our coastal environment that they would consider getting involved in a local Coastcare group

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