Landcare Week

More than 4,000 volunteer community landcare groups - including bushcare and urban landcare, rivercare, coastcare and sustainable agriculture groups - are tackling land degradation in every corner of Australia.

This year Landcare Australia is calling on Landcare and Coastcare groups to run ‘Weeds Awareness’ events.

Weeds threaten our national parks, native wildlife, and the farming sector, and at a cost of $4.7 billion each year, their financial impact to is huge. Research shows that 65% of our major weeds are garden escapees, so during Landcare Week we're asking groups to engage local media and community in defeating the weeds menace.

If you are keen to help raise awareness of weeds, the work of your group and the benefits and importance of your work to your local community – get involved! Landcare Australia can help groups by providing template media releases, weeds images, fact sheets and web resources.