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Adelaide Botanic Gardens Foundation - more detail »»
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The Adelaide Botanic Gardens Foundation provides financial support to one of our most important and cherished cultural resources; the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide. A Botanic Garden is much more than green space or window dressing, and for more than 150 years our Gardens has worked behind the scenes to contribute to the state's prosperity and today is committed to research, conservation and the e…
Organisation news :
After successfully contributing more than $4.5M since its inception in 2004, the G150 Foundation has now become a permanent support for the Gardens – The Adelaide Botanic Gardens Foundation. Today you can see the results of our support throughout the Gardens. The Amazon Waterlily Pavilion, the SA Water Mediterranean Garden, the Schomburgk Pavilion and the Santos Museum of Economic Botany – are…
Organisation purpose :
The Adelaide Botanic Gardens Foundation provides financial support to one of our most important and cherished cultural resources; the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide. A Botanic Garden is much more than green space or window dressing, and for more than 150 years our Gardens has worked behind the scenes to contribute to the state's prosperity and today is committed to research, conservation and the e…
Organisation news :
After successfully contributing more than $4.5M since its inception in 2004, the G150 Foundation has now become a permanent support for the Gardens – The Adelaide Botanic Gardens Foundation. Today you can see the results of our support throughout the Gardens. The Amazon Waterlily Pavilion, the SA Water Mediterranean Garden, the Schomburgk Pavilion and the Santos Museum of Economic Botany – are…
Entry Last Updated :08-Feb-2010
Australian Conservation Foundation - more detail »»
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The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) is committed to inspiring people to achieve a healthy environment for all Australians. For 40 years we have been a strong voice for the environment, promoting solutions through research, consultation, education and partnerships. We work with the community, business and government to protect, restore and sustain our environment. Our conservation progr…
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Our greatest environmental challenge is the issue that affects not only Australia’s environment, but humanity’s very ability to survive – climate change. As we have seen from the recent interest in the press, momentum is building all over the world to take action on the urgent issue of climate change. ACF is at the forefront of this welcome and long overdue movement and has been working in partner…
Organisation purpose :
The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) is committed to inspiring people to achieve a healthy environment for all Australians. For 40 years we have been a strong voice for the environment, promoting solutions through research, consultation, education and partnerships. We work with the community, business and government to protect, restore and sustain our environment. Our conservation progr…
Organisation news :
Our greatest environmental challenge is the issue that affects not only Australia’s environment, but humanity’s very ability to survive – climate change. As we have seen from the recent interest in the press, momentum is building all over the world to take action on the urgent issue of climate change. ACF is at the forefront of this welcome and long overdue movement and has been working in partner…
Entry Last Updated :17-Apr-2007
Australian Orangutan Project - more detail »»
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The Australian Orangutan Project is a non-profit organisation established in 1998. Orangutans, natives of Indonesian and Malaysian rainforest environments, share 97% of their DNA with humans. Sadly, these animals are likely to be extinct in the wild in 10 to 15 years. The destruction of their rainforests through illegal logging and forest fires [mainly to establish palm oil plantations] is a majo…
Organisation news :
Orangutan care: In 2007-08, AOP provided around $80,000 to the Care Centre at Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan. This covered all food for the orangutans and staff at the centre for 12 months. It also paid for the purchase of a vehicle to be used for the food programme. The variety and quality of food increased substantially, resulting in improved health and weight gain in the majority of oranguta…
Organisation purpose :
The Australian Orangutan Project is a non-profit organisation established in 1998. Orangutans, natives of Indonesian and Malaysian rainforest environments, share 97% of their DNA with humans. Sadly, these animals are likely to be extinct in the wild in 10 to 15 years. The destruction of their rainforests through illegal logging and forest fires [mainly to establish palm oil plantations] is a majo…
Organisation news :
Orangutan care: In 2007-08, AOP provided around $80,000 to the Care Centre at Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan. This covered all food for the orangutans and staff at the centre for 12 months. It also paid for the purchase of a vehicle to be used for the food programme. The variety and quality of food increased substantially, resulting in improved health and weight gain in the majority of oranguta…
Entry Last Updated :07-Aug-2008
Australian Wildlife Conservancy - more detail »»
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Australian Wildlife Conservancy is dedicated to saving Australia's threatened wildlife and ecosystems. AWC owns and manages 15 properties across Australia covering more than 1.1 million hectares (2.7 million acres) in the Kimberley, north Queensland, western NSW, Great Sandy Desert, the Flinders Ranges and the forests of south-western Australia. We implement practical, on-ground conservation prog…
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In 2006, AWC was awarded the Prime Minister's Environmentalist of the Year.…
Organisation purpose :
Australian Wildlife Conservancy is dedicated to saving Australia's threatened wildlife and ecosystems. AWC owns and manages 15 properties across Australia covering more than 1.1 million hectares (2.7 million acres) in the Kimberley, north Queensland, western NSW, Great Sandy Desert, the Flinders Ranges and the forests of south-western Australia. We implement practical, on-ground conservation prog…
Organisation news :
In 2006, AWC was awarded the Prime Minister's Environmentalist of the Year.…
Entry Last Updated :03-Oct-2007
Birds Australia - more detail »»
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Birds Australia is an independent, not-for-profit research & conservation organisation, established in 1901. Our mission is to conserve native birds and biological diversity in Australasia and Antarctica, through the study and management of birds and their habitats, and the education and involvement of the community.…
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Important Bird Area (IBA) case-study: The Ord Irrigation Area in Western Australia is believed to support the majority of the world’s Yellow-rumped Mannikins, and more Star Finches than anywhere else. This is an intensive agricultural zone, indicating that conservation and farming can be compatible. We are encouraging local research and development groups to use their IBA designation to help with…
Organisation purpose :
Birds Australia is an independent, not-for-profit research & conservation organisation, established in 1901. Our mission is to conserve native birds and biological diversity in Australasia and Antarctica, through the study and management of birds and their habitats, and the education and involvement of the community.…
Organisation news :
Important Bird Area (IBA) case-study: The Ord Irrigation Area in Western Australia is believed to support the majority of the world’s Yellow-rumped Mannikins, and more Star Finches than anywhere else. This is an intensive agricultural zone, indicating that conservation and farming can be compatible. We are encouraging local research and development groups to use their IBA designation to help with…
Entry Last Updated :06-Sep-2006
Bush Heritage Australia - more detail »»
Organisation purpose :
Australia is one of the most biodiverse nations on the planet, with many unique plants and animals. We also have one of the highest rates of extinctions in the world. Bush Heritage Australia exists to protect Australia’s land, water and wildlife. We have a simple, practical formula for protecting the bush – we buy land of outstanding conservation value, then care for it. Bush Heritage current…
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The Bush Heritage Ecological Outcomes Monitoring program is breaking new ground in improving our understanding of the Australian landscape and how our actions affect it, either positively or negatively. This program represents the first attempt in Australia to find a simple, repeatable and reliable way of measuring environmental health over time and thus learning how the land and its wildlife…
Organisation purpose :
Australia is one of the most biodiverse nations on the planet, with many unique plants and animals. We also have one of the highest rates of extinctions in the world. Bush Heritage Australia exists to protect Australia’s land, water and wildlife. We have a simple, practical formula for protecting the bush – we buy land of outstanding conservation value, then care for it. Bush Heritage current…
Organisation news :
The Bush Heritage Ecological Outcomes Monitoring program is breaking new ground in improving our understanding of the Australian landscape and how our actions affect it, either positively or negatively. This program represents the first attempt in Australia to find a simple, repeatable and reliable way of measuring environmental health over time and thus learning how the land and its wildlife…
Entry Last Updated :15-Jun-2010
Clean Up Australia - more detail »»
Organisation purpose :
Clean Up Australia strives to inspire and work with communities to clean up, fix up and conserve our environment. Every year, from Perth to Penrith, hundreds of thousands of Australians get stuck in and clean up their local environment by collecting and removing rubbish on Clean Up Australia Day. A donation to Clean Up will assist us to work with communities as we help them learn to live wit…
Organisation news :
Every year, hundreds of thousands of Australians get stuck in and clean up their local environment by collecting and removing rubbish on Clean Up Australia Day, Business Clean Up Day and Schools Clean Up Day. Last year over 400 businesses engaged in helping to Clean Up their local environment, bringing energy, initiative and displaying great team work. You can carry out a Clean Up on any day…
Organisation purpose :
Clean Up Australia strives to inspire and work with communities to clean up, fix up and conserve our environment. Every year, from Perth to Penrith, hundreds of thousands of Australians get stuck in and clean up their local environment by collecting and removing rubbish on Clean Up Australia Day. A donation to Clean Up will assist us to work with communities as we help them learn to live wit…
Organisation news :
Every year, hundreds of thousands of Australians get stuck in and clean up their local environment by collecting and removing rubbish on Clean Up Australia Day, Business Clean Up Day and Schools Clean Up Day. Last year over 400 businesses engaged in helping to Clean Up their local environment, bringing energy, initiative and displaying great team work. You can carry out a Clean Up on any day…
Entry Last Updated :03-Dec-2009
Climate Action Network Australia - more detail »»
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The aim of the Climate Action Network globally is to tackle the planet’s most challenging environmental problem - climate change. The earth’s atmosphere is a shared asset and the threats to it are a shared problem.…
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The Pacific Calling Partnership - The Pacific Calling is a Partnership, that began in May 2006, in response to our connections to the peoples in low-lying Pacific Islands. It brings together a number of significant Non Government Organisations (NGOs), school groups, community organisations, and individuals who all recognize Australia’s ecological debt to Kiribati, Tuvalu, parts of the Torres Strai…
Organisation purpose :
The aim of the Climate Action Network globally is to tackle the planet’s most challenging environmental problem - climate change. The earth’s atmosphere is a shared asset and the threats to it are a shared problem.…
Organisation news :
The Pacific Calling Partnership - The Pacific Calling is a Partnership, that began in May 2006, in response to our connections to the peoples in low-lying Pacific Islands. It brings together a number of significant Non Government Organisations (NGOs), school groups, community organisations, and individuals who all recognize Australia’s ecological debt to Kiribati, Tuvalu, parts of the Torres Strai…
Entry Last Updated :21-Apr-2009
Conservation Council Canberra - more detail »»
Organisation purpose :
The community’s voice for the environment in Canberra since 1979. The Conservation Council actively campaigns for biodiversity protection, action on climate change, improved public transport and wise use of water.…
Organisation news :
We organised the local leg of the Walk Against Warming, the first mass mobilisation of people concerned with climate change. In 2007 we will continue to campaign on climate change and call for governments to act now to reduce climate change. Loss of habitat through land clearing for development is a major issue in our region and the Conservation Council is actively campaigning to preserve habit…
Organisation purpose :
The community’s voice for the environment in Canberra since 1979. The Conservation Council actively campaigns for biodiversity protection, action on climate change, improved public transport and wise use of water.…
Organisation news :
We organised the local leg of the Walk Against Warming, the first mass mobilisation of people concerned with climate change. In 2007 we will continue to campaign on climate change and call for governments to act now to reduce climate change. Loss of habitat through land clearing for development is a major issue in our region and the Conservation Council is actively campaigning to preserve habit…
Entry Last Updated :29-May-2007
Conservation Volunteers Australia - more detail »»
Organisation purpose :
Conservation Volunteers Australia attracts and manages a force of volunteers in practical conservation projects for the betterment of the Australian environment.…
Organisation news :
From Uluru to the tropical rainforests of north Queensland and the world heritage areas in Tasmania Conservation Volunteers Australia undertakes practical conservation projects. Every $2 you donate we can plant another native tree. You can also get involved as a volunteer and help project the environment in your backyard or a little further afield.…
Organisation purpose :
Conservation Volunteers Australia attracts and manages a force of volunteers in practical conservation projects for the betterment of the Australian environment.…
Organisation news :
From Uluru to the tropical rainforests of north Queensland and the world heritage areas in Tasmania Conservation Volunteers Australia undertakes practical conservation projects. Every $2 you donate we can plant another native tree. You can also get involved as a volunteer and help project the environment in your backyard or a little further afield.…
Entry Last Updated :15-Oct-2008
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