A Bushcare Group is a
volunteer
Volunteering is a voluntary act of an individual or group freely giving time and labor for community service. Many volunteers are specifically trained in the areas they work, such as medicine, education, or emergency rescue. Others serve ...
group that conducts
bush regeneration
Bush regeneration, a form of natural area restoration, is the term used in Australia for the ecological restoration of remnant vegetation areas, such as through the minimisation of negative disturbances, both exogenous such as exotic weeds and e ...
to aid biodiversity conservation on public or private
bushland
In Australia, bushland is a blanket term for land which supports remnant vegetation or land which is disturbed but still retains a predominance of the original floristics and structure.
Human survival in bushland has a whole mythology evolving ...
in Australia.
Bushcare groups have arisen due to rising community support for conservation and this has driven the allocation of native vegetation remnants to conservation through
ecological restoration
Restoration ecology is the scientific study supporting the practice of ecological restoration, which is the practice of renewing and restoring degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystems and habitats in the environment by active human interrupt ...
.
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There are numerous Bushcare Groups in Australia working as volunteers to restore remnant patches of native bushland on public lands. For example, in the
Blue Mountains just outside
Sydney, there are now 50 such ''Bush Regeneration Groups'' working to restore bushland. Most suburban councils are involved in bushcare to varying degrees,
either by employing professional staff or facilitating volunteer involvement. Around Australia Natural Resource Management Boards and Non Government Organisations offer training and equipment to community volunteers.
References
External links
Blue Mountain Bushcare groupsElse Mitchell Park Bushcare GroupProspect Hill Bushland Group
Environmental organisations based in Australia
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