How to Protect Australian Landforms
- 1). Participate in land steward projects through non-profit organizations such as the Bush Heritage organization, which is dedicated to acquiring and protecting land reserves in Australia. The Bush Heritage administers 33 reserves in Australia for a total of 947,000 hectares.
- 2). Donate land to registered Australian non-profit environmental organizations that manage private reserves Encourage large property owners of suitable land to partner with or donate land reserves to non-profit environmental organizations.
- 3). Partner with Friends of the Earth Australia and indigenous people such as the Mooka United Families to protect the Lake Cowell area. Visit the Friends of the Earth Australia website for a list of land conservation projects.
- 4). Join the West Mallee Protection Alliance between environmentalists and the Kokatha Mula nation people who are initiating programs to protect the Ceduna outback region in Southern Australia.
- 5). Plant trees with Greening Australia landscape restoration projects. Over a five year time span, Greening Australia workers and volunteers have planted 15.5 million seedlings in Australia.
- 6). Lobby federal legislators to provide more jobs for indigenous rangers working on land management projects and bush fire protection on millions of acres of wilderness in Northern Australia.
- 7). Rehabilitate degraded bushland, dig up noxious weeds and provide general site maintenance on private property or on government land conservation reserves.
- 8). Book an environmental project online at the Conservation Volunteers website. There you can search for available Australian environmental projects, view volunteer tasks, time, date and location of projects and book your reservation. If there is a fee it can be paid online.
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