Conservation Volunteers Australia

Location: Australia, Victoria

Address: Greenhill Enterprise Centre, Cnr University Drive / Enterprise Grove, MOUNT HELEN VIC 3350

Contact Telephone: +61 3 5330 2600

Contact Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.conservationvolunteers.com.au/

Founded: 1982

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Conservation Volunteers has partnered with individuals, businesses and governments in the conservation of our unique environment since 1982. In that time we have welcomed hundreds of thousands of volunteers from around Australia and across the world and supported their participation in a diversity of important projects to protect and enhance our environment.

Conservation Volunteers has grown from humble beginnings in regional Victoria to become a national organisation with a permanent presence in 30 locations around Australia and New Zealand and a project presence in many countries around the world.

Conservation Volunteers has built a network of people and organisations all of whom value our unique environment and recognise the increasingly important role that we all must play in responding to the challenges of species and habitat loss, environmental degradation, environmental skills shortages and the impact of a changing climate.

At Conservation Volunteers we recognise that if we are to succeed in achieving real environmental improvements we must continue to evolve as an organisation – we will continue to provide opportunities for all Australians – encouraging volunteering, improving life skills and opportunities, connecting communities, enabling people to become more active in their local communities and providing ways for people to connect with the environment.

Our Vision

All Australians have a right to a healthy and productive environment and an opportunity to be involved in managing and protecting that environment.

Our Mission

To attract and manage volunteers for practical conservation and heritage projects.

Our Objectives

A healthy, diverse and sustainably managed environment.

Strategies

• As a partner, manage and conserve public, private and indigenous community land with high community and conservation value.
• Develop and implement conservation and heritage programs that include landholder and community benefits.
• Provide partnership opportunities for individual, corporate and community participation in projects focused on high priority conservation needs.

Environmentally involved and skilled citizens

Strategies

• Manage conservation employment and/or training programs
• With professional partners and other key organisations, recruit and manage volunteers for conservation and heritage programs.
• Develop and implement safety, training and education programs that underpin community participation programs
• Improved environmental health and wellbeing for individuals and communities.

Improved environmental health and wellbeing for individuals and communities.

Strategies

• Develop and implement health and environment programs for a range of demographic groups including indigenous, semi-retired and disadvantaged.
• Develop and implement ecotourism initiatives.

Conservation Volunteers Australia has received many awards recognising our work and the commitment of our volunteers. Click here to view our awards and recognition.