NCC Member Groups

We are an environmental group established at a Public Meeting of concerned citizens in February 1993 in order to prevent further degradation of Berowra Creek, a tributary of the Hawkesbury River, and its catchment area.

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The Australian Conservation Foundation - Central Coast aims to inspire and promote a society which is environmentally aware and responsible. Campaigning to protect, restore and sustain the environment. Urgent actions for preventing decision-making that could have detrimental impacts on the environment. Our Central Coast branch concentrates particularly on such environmental impacts resulting from expansive urban planning, tourist developments and escalation of population growth.

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The national network that links people, research and action in plant conservation

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Bankstown Bushland Society has been a strong advocate for remnant bushland preservation since 1988. With a small core group of participants, we programme volunteer bush regeneration days twice monthly, many of these volunteer activities are in support of grants won from the Environmental Trust and from Envirofun

The Berowra & District Community Association aims to:

1. Empower local residents to become a vital part of the democratic process by providing a voice for appropriate and sustainable development, while promoting the district for residents and business;
2. Help the councillors to understand Community needs and aspirations by providing a channel of communication between council, residents and other interested parties;
3. Represent Community issues;
4. Make the council accountable.

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The group is an independent community group born out of a shared sense of concern for the fate of bushland remnants of Western Sydney.

Capertee Valley Alliance Inc. is an incorporated community group dedicated to assisting the Capertee Valley Community. It is the coming together of the people of Capertee Valley and surrounds. Capertee Valley Alliance Inc. strives to maintain strong supportive links with the extended community and would like to represent the community on issues that affect the sustainability and enjoyment of this unique place.

Objectives:

•         To assist residents to apply for funding for beneficial community projects
•         To be a conduit between the residents in the valley and local, state and federal government
•         To encourage residents to belong to the Alliance and work together for community benefit
•         To lobby for things that the community needs
•         To communicate to the valley residents and network with other groups who may be able to assist
•         To bring groups together to work for a common goal

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Central West Environment Council (CWEC) is an umbrella organisation for environment groups, field naturalist societies and individuals with an interest in conserving the natural environment in central west NSW.

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The CEC aims to promote, through education, the conservation, protection and betterment of the natural and social environment along sound social and ecological principles and guidelines.

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The PEJ Centre works in partnership with other agencies, cultures and faith groups, offering inservice, forums and workshops.

Our aims:

•  Awareness in the Church and society of the connections between peace, ecology and justice.
• A Culture of Peace as a framework for these connections.
• Action on issues.

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The Confederation is the peak New South Wales organisation for non-commercial bushwalking and associated outdoor recreation activities. We are a confederation of individual Bushwalking Clubs across the state of NSW, and we were formed in 1932 to represent the interests of our member Bushwalking Clubs.

Dubbo Field Naturalist & Conservation Society Inc. has been a voice for environmental responsibility and conservation ethics in the Dubbo region since 1977.

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EcoTransit Sydney is a public transport advocacy group operating out of Sydney. We are a not-for profit organisation dedicated to the promotion of EcoTransit development. We advocate improving Sydney's local environment by shifting transport from invasive modes like the private motor car that produce high levels of air, noise and water pollution to the less polluting public transport modes. We are also dedicated to the preservation of Sydney's natural environment and heritage areas.

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The Friends of Berowra Valley Regional Park is a group of volunteer members of the community interested in making the Park more accessible to the community. The Friends group was officially established at an ordinary meeting of Hornsby Shire Council on 21 April 1993. The group operated for many years as a Special Committee of Hornsby Shire Council and enjoyed considerable support from Council during those years.

In 2006, Council reduced its involvement in the management of Berowra Valley Regional Park. As a result, The Friends became an incorporated Community Service Organisation so as to more fully support its own operations as an independent group dedicated to assist the managers of the Park.

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We were formed in 1986 and have been licensed to rescue, rehabilitate and release koalas since 1989. Our mission is to conserve koalas, particularly in the Northern Rivers Region of New South Wales, in recognition of the contribution the species makes to Australia’s biodiversity. Our core business includes habitat protection, rescue, rehabilitation and release, community education, advocacy and policy reform and research.

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We are a society of people based in New South Wales, Australia, who have a genuine interest in frogs and tadpoles. FATS Group members span a wide range of interests - naturalists, herpetologists, pet keepers, professional scientists and private people with a desire to learn more about frogs and our environment. It is our mission to increase the awareness and appreciation of the natural world.

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Exists to encourage and facilitate environmental advocacy and education in Newcastle and the Hunter, NSW, Australia.

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A not-for-profit incorporated community bushcare group. It was founded in 2000 by residents in the the suburbs of Summer Hill, Dulwich Hill, Leichhardt and Haberfield in the Inner West of Sydney, Australia, to undertake bush re-establishment in the Hawthorne Canal catchment. IWEG currently undertakes work at 6 bushcare sites, with a number of new sites planned for establishment through 2010-2011.

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A non profit community organization working for the conservation of all bat species especially the Grey-headed Flying-fox

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The aims of the Society:

• to preserve the biodiversity of the natural heritage of Lane Cove Municipality by means of conservation and the proper management of the natural bushland, wet lands and aquatic ecosystems
• to ensure that air, land and water pollution controls in Lane Cove are of a sufficiently high standard and are adequently implemented so as to prevent harm to human health and the natural environment

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The Lithgow Environment Group seeks to preserve the balance of nature in our region. This is especially important given the impacts of the area's industrial heritage. The Lithgow region contains some of the most biodiverse bushland in the Greater Blue Mountains. We would like to promote this rich natural heritage, especially given that it has often been under recognised.

Projects and campaigns we have been involved in include Stream watch (monitoring local streams for reporting to the Sydney Catchment Authority), Clean up Australia Day (both as a group and as individuals), 'The Lithgow Heritage Gang' (maintaining tourist attractions of Lithgow), Landcare projects, Platypus watch, as well as Save our Swamps workdays on the Newnes Plateau. We also continually campaign against proposed mining in the Gardens of Stone.

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To raise awareness, promote and respect the natural environment and its biodiversity

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	Nambucca Valley Conservation Association	9.01 KB

The Native Bird Liberation Alliance (NBLA) was set up in the late 1990s as a lobby group focusing on and campaigning against the industry of hunting, trapping, transporting and caging Australia's beautiful native birds for "pets" and for export.

NBLA is opposed to the exploitation and commercialisation of native fauna, particularly bird species known to be endangered in NSW

(NTDG) is a community-based, grass roots organisation that was formed by concerned citizens in protest at the sudden announcement by the NSW Government that a dam is proposed that would flood prime farmland and disrupt a farming community with a history spanning up to six generations.

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NISA was formed in April 2011 to act primarily as an information hub, via www.n-i-s-a.org and email notifications, providing news, information and discussion about local, national and global sustainability issues.

Key concerns include climate change,sustainable food and water,biodiversity,renewable energy, coal seam gas, coal, oil,carbon capture and storage,resource depletion, and local environment. Visit our website for more information and current campaigns.

(NWC) is the State’s peak body representing over 4,000 wildlife rescuers throughout NSW. Our goal is to improve the outcomes for Australian wildlife, especially those that are sick, injured or orphaned.

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The primary aims of the Society are to stimulate interest in Australian flora and fauna; foster an understanding of the need to conserve natural environment and cooperate with other organisations in protecting the environment.

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Promotes orienteering in NSW

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OzGREEN educates, engages and empowers young people, adults, corporations and communities to tackle critical environmental sustainability challenges (such as climate change and water) and become leaders of positive social change.

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For over 50 years we have continued the fight for the Hunter Region's Natural and Cultural Heritage.

Founded in 1934, the River Canoe Club is one of the largest and most active kayaking and canoe clubs in Sydney.

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The Ryde Environment Group is an organisation dedicated to the protection of Ryde's environment

Rylstone District Environment Society Inc. (RDES) is the local environment group for the rural townships, villages and localities around Rylstone and Kandos in the NSW Central West.

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SCRAP stands for School Communities Recycling All Paper Ltd.

We are a non-profit company and we exist to help schools, other educational, government, non-profit bodies and private individuals and companies become environmentally-friendly and encourage you - whether you are a student, a teacher or a member of the wider community - to understand how to do this better.

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Step is a community-based environmental organisation with over 400 members from Ku-Ring-Gai, Hornsby and surrounding suburbs of northern Sydney. Our primary aim is to preserve all natural bushland within the area from alienation and degradation

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Sutherland Shire Environment Centre was set up in 1991 by concerned Shire residents. The objectives of SSEC are:

• to act to defend the environment of the Sutherland Shire and associated bio-regions, by supporting members and local community organisations in their efforts to protect and improve their local areas
• to develop and conduct enviornmental education initiatives, to encourage behavioural change to achieve a sustainable enviornment in the Sutherland Shire and its bio-regions.

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The Coastwatchers Association work for:

• The creation of environmentally friendly jobs, for which there is plenty of scope
• Maintaining our clean healthy catchments and coasts
• Recognition that people are part of the environment, and not separate from it
• Planned development with as little environmental destruction as possible
• Ecologically sustainable management of our forests
• Empowering our community to live and work together sustainably
• Planning to avoid the piecemeal detrimental impacts of development which so often occurs
• Ensuring the community's hard won environmental gains are not lost
• Fair international trade, because the present WTO rules are a threat to the environment and a just society.

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The Colong Foundation, the successor to Myles Dunphy’s National Parks and Primitive Areas Council, is Australia’s longest-serving community advocate for wilderness.

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The Wilderness Society is a community-based environmental protection organisation. We work to safeguard our sources of clean water and air, to tackle devastating climate change, to create a safe future for life on Earth, and to give a better world to our children.

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The objects for which Transition Newcastle exists are:                     

1. To facilitate Newcastle’s transition to a low energy use future, and build a more resilient, vibrant, connected and richer community.

2. To raise awareness of the convergence of Peak Oil and Climate Change crises among the people of Newcastle and the Hunter;

3. To research issues concerning the impacts of Oil depletion on our society and to publicize relevant issues and facts as widely as possible in all media;

4. To conduct advocacy on strategies to reduce our dependence on Oil and reduce our CO2 emissions,
amongst government, politicians, business and industry;

5. To work with like-minded organisations and/or campaigns dealing with Climate Change and Peak Oil issues and other environmental issues and their solutions;

6. To operate as a non-profit community organization in furtherance of the above objects.

7. To carry out the afore mentioned in keeping with the UN Declaration of Human Rights.

Our Society was formed in 1909 with a commitment to preserve and protect our unique Australian wildlife in all its forms. We are one of the oldest conservation societies in Australia and probably one of the oldest in the world.

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Objectives

• The preservation of the Wolli and Bardwell Creek valleys in a natural condition
• Removal of all county and road reservations affecting the Wolli Creek Valley
• Protection of the area from further urban development particularly residential, commercial or industrial developments or the setting up of formal or dedicated playing fields
• To encourage the re-establishment of native flora and fauna to the maximum extent possible within the area
• To encourage and participate in the development of Wolli Creek Valley as a passive outdoors recreational, educational and scientific resource.