Projects

The Townsville Skilling Queenslander's for Work - Work Skills Traineeship project has a focus on individual, environment and community benefit. Disadvantaged Queenslander's are employed for 18 weeks while undertaking Certificate 1 in Conservation and Land Management and related work activities. Activities are located at James Cook University's Townsville campus which has over 300 hectares [...]

Completed: June, 2017 The Green Army team will work with NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service and Iluka Landcare Dunecare Group in Bundjalung National Park and Iluka Nature Reserve. Control of weeds will improve the health of littoral rainforest in World Heritage listed Iluka Nature Reserve. Planting local native species will also be undertaken. Works [...]

Habitat for koalas is being improved with funding from Perpetual Philanthropic Grants, NSW Environmental Trust, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage and Lismore City Council. Koalas are a threatened species in NSW. Threats include loss and degradation of habitat, disease, dog attack and vehicle strike. A partnership between Council, Friends of the Koala, Tregeagle Landcare, [...]

Ecological Restoration Plans assess the condition of ecosystems and provide strategies to guide ecological restoration. Plans include native and weed species lists, maps illustrating the site and showing work zones, identification of threats to ecosystems and methods to reduce threats including invasive weeds. Envite Environment has developed  plans in partnership with public and private land [...]

Jali Local Aboriginal Land Council and Envite Environment developed a restoration plan for 815ha of coastal heath and wetlands. Envite Environment provided training in Certificate II in Conservation and Land Management and mentored Jali Indigenous Green Team bush regenerators. Restoration has included ecological burning, weed control and revegetation. Field days and training events have developed [...]

In the past year over 1500 people have taken part in workshops and field days coordinated by Envite Environment. Workshops include identification of plants, bush regeneration techniques, native plant propagation and restoration monitoring and evaluation methods. Field days have showcased project achievements and demonstrated how to undertake ecological restoration in ecosystems as diverse as coastal [...]

Big Scrub Landcare aims to save critically endangered Lowland Subtropical Rainforest and its magnificent biodiversity. Working with Envite Environment as project manager over 21 years, over $2.5 million has been obtained from grants and donations delivering 7500+ days of restoration by professional bush regenerators at over 90 Lowland Rainforest remnants in northern NSW. Lowland Rainforest [...]

Located in a narrow gorge between Nightcap World Heritage Area and Goonengerry National Park the site is habitat for over 17 threatened animals and 10 threatened plant species. Envite Environment has implemented seven years of lowland rainforest restoration. Lantana was blocking rainforest regeneration. Control of lantana over 30ha included tractor clearing, over-spraying and hand weeding. [...]

The regional water supply authority, Rous Water, received funding from NSW Environmental Trust for this project. Envite Environment manages the project in partnership with Lismore City Council, Landcare, Wildlife Rescue, Friends of the Koala, Southern Cross University and six local schools located  along the Wilsons River. Students are participating in environmental activities and tree planting [...]

Envite Environment bush regeneration teams are contracted to carry out extensive work in numerous national parks and nature reserves by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service between Kempsey and the Queensland border in northern NSW. Much of the work deals with Weeds of National Significance (WoNS), a national program which nominates weeds causing detrimental impacts [...]