Planning, extension and training to restore endangered lowland rainforest - Caring for Our Country Community Environment Grant This project is contributing to the conservation, protection and restoration of Lowland Rainforest of Subtropical Australia (LRSA), a critically endangered ecological community under the EPBC Act, through: 1. Promoting and engaging with landholders to enter into Voluntary Conservation Agreements with NSW NPWS to permanently protect LRSA remnants; 2. Developing restoration plans for remnants that will guide bush regeneration works; 3. Providing resources necessary to assist volunteers plan, promote and implement the Big Scrub Rainforest Day in 2013 & 2014 (one of the largest annual Landcare community engagement and education events in Australia); 4. Providing resources to engage and train community members via community tree plantings. https://landcare.nsw.gov.au/groups/big-scrub-rainforest-landcare-group/projects/rehabilitating-critically-endangered-lowland-subtropical-rainforest-nsw-environmental-trust-restoration-rehabilitation-program/planning-extension-and-training-to-restore-endangered-lowland-rainforest-caring-for-our-country-community-environment-grant https://landcare.nsw.gov.au/@@site-logo/landcare-nsw-logo-200.png

Planning, extension and training to restore endangered lowland rainforest - Caring for Our Country Community Environment Grant

This project is contributing to the conservation, protection and restoration of Lowland Rainforest of Subtropical Australia (LRSA), a critically endangered ecological community under the EPBC Act, through: 1. Promoting and engaging with landholders to enter into Voluntary Conservation Agreements with NSW NPWS to permanently protect LRSA remnants; 2. Developing restoration plans for remnants that will guide bush regeneration works; 3. Providing resources necessary to assist volunteers plan, promote and implement the Big Scrub Rainforest Day in 2013 & 2014 (one of the largest annual Landcare community engagement and education events in Australia); 4. Providing resources to engage and train community members via community tree plantings.