Work and Community Projects

The project provides disadvantaged Gold Coast people with employment, training in Certificate 1 in Conservation and Land Management and skill building which lead to over 60% of trainees obtaining work. In 2019 - 2020 four teams of 9 trainees are employed with work based in Numinbah Valley. Project partners include Numinbah Valley Environmental Education [...]

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 in partnership with NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. Control of serious weeds will improve the health of lowland rainforest in World Heritage listed Dorrigo National Park.  Participants will grow native plants for use in revegetation. The project improve habitat for threatened species. Track maintenance will protect the rainforest from human [...]

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 [...]

Completed The Green Army will work with the National Parks and Wildlife Service, Clarence Valley Council and community groups to restore high conservation value vegetation in and around Yuraygir National Park and at Susan Island, Grafton. Participants will propagate local plants to revegetate degraded areas.  They will control weeds, which are degrading littoral rainforest, coastal habitats and [...]

Completed June 2017 The Green Army will work with Lismore City Council and the community to restore koala habitat on public and private land in north-west of Lismore Local Government Area. Participants will control weeds, which block access to food trees and limit koala movement across the landscape. Participants will gain skills in plant propagation [...]

Commenced: January 10, 2017 The Green Army will work with the National Parks and Wildlife Service, Lismore and Ballina Shire Council, Landcare, Rous Water and the community to improve the condition, extent and connectivity of lowland rainforest in Big Scrub remnants. Activities include weed control on previously unmanaged vegetation and essential follow-up control and revegetation. [...]

Completed June 2017 Green Army will restore critically endangered Lowland Rainforest of Subtropical Australia and the habitat of threatened species in the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage area at Nightcap National Park. Weeds, particularly Lantana (a Weed of National Significance) and Giant Devils Fig (a serious emerging weed), restrict natural regeneration and growth of [...]

Completed June 2017 The Green Army team will be involved in restoring coastal ecosystems at nine sites along the Byron coastline. Activities will include collecting seed and propagating native plants. The team will control weeds helping to restore coastal habitats. Fencing and track maintenance will assist in managing public access to beaches. Activities will reduce erosion [...]

Completed June 2017 The project will help restore coastal vegetation and habitats across sites in the Ballina area. Accredited training will be provided in First Aid, Work Health and Safety and modules from Certificate 11 in Conservation and Land Management. Participants will collect native seed and grow plants which will be used in revegetation. They [...]