Community Environment Network - Regional Providers

Regional Providers

LFW enhances biodiversity on private land and does this through Regional Providers. LFW is an entry level program and Regional Providers act as a conduit for landholders with support of CEN through exchange of information which encourage active participation of landholders.

Private land conservation provides landholders with the knowledge and skills to maintain native vegetation and habitat on their properties. This contributes to catchment based management targets such as reducing erosion, poor water quality, weed invasion and loss of biodiversity. It aims to improve the management of native vegetation, wildlife habitat and the ecological value of a region, at a low cost to participants.

Local experience suggests that many private landholders would not take a first step towards conservation if such an entry level program were not available. As a result, LFW complements the initiatives of NPWS (now part of DECC) in promoting statutory Conservation Agreements and Wildlife Refuges. It also complements incentive programs provided by Catchment Management Authorities.

Regional Providers exist in the following areas:

Byron Shire – contact council on (02) 6626 7000
email: biodiversity@byron.nsw.gov.au website www.byron.nsw.gov.au/land-for-wildlife

Clarence Valley – contact Clarence Environment Centre on (02) 6643 1863
email: admin@cec.org.au website www.cec.org.au

Coffs Harbour - contact Coffs Harbour Regional Landcare (02) 66511308
emai: chrl@westnet.com.au website: www.coffsharbourlandcare.org.au/

Gosford, Wyong, Lake Macquarie and Cessnock – Contact CEN on (02) 4349 4756
email: landforwildlife@cen.org.au

Hastings - contact Hastings Landcare Inc (02) 6586 4465
email: hastingslandcare@midcoast.com.au webpage @ CEN Expression of Interest Form(PDF 180Kb)

Hornsby – contact council on (02) 9847 6832
email: hsc@hornsby.nsw.gov.au . website www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au/environment/index.cfm?NavigationID=839

Karuah and Great Lakes – contact KGL Landcare on (02) 6591 7378
email: stacey.tyack@greatlakes.nsw.gov.au webpage @ CEN Expression of Interest Form(PDF 92.3Kb)

Kyogle, Lismore and Richmond Valley – contact Northern Landcare Support Services on (02) 6632 3722
email: info@nlss.com.au webpage @ CEN Expression of Interest Form(PDF 210Kb)

Manning Valley – contact Manning Landcare on (02) 6557 0244
email: sancris@tpg.com.au

Palerang - Contact Melinda Hillary at PLANS on 02 6238 0095
email: melophorus@bigpond.com Expression of Interest Form(PDF 182Kb)

South West Slopes Partnership - contact CEN 02 4349-4759
webpage @ CEN Expression of Interest Form(PDF 182Kb)

Tweed - Contact Sally Jacka at Council on 02 6670 2400
email: SJacka@tweed.nsw.gov.au Expression of Interest Form(PDF 182Kb)

Wakool Shire – contact Murrakool Land for Wildlife group on 0428532435
email: murreden@malleenet.net.au webpage @ CEN Expression of Interest Form(PDF 75Kb)

Wingecarribee – contact council on (02) 4860 3010
email: wscmail@wsc.nsw.gov.au website www.wsc.nsw.gov.au/environment/1171/13389.html

If you are in another area, new Regional Providers are regularly added, currently we are investigating Regional Providers in the Murray and Lachlan Catchments as well areas near Bugendore, Coffs Harbour, Tweed Valley and Comboyne Plateau, so send an email to lfwnsw@cen.org.au for more recent information from CEN.

CEN is keen to see the program expand to provide landholders throughout NSW with the benefits of the program. CEN provides support and assistance to organisations interested in delivering the LFW program in their regions.

Becoming a Regional Provider of Land for Wildlife

To become a Regional Provider, organisations need to sign a Third Party Agreement with CEN and become accredited in the LFW process. CEN provides LFW training and accreditation to Regional Providers contact CEN on lfwnsw@cen.org.au for more information.

CEN supports the Great Eastern Ranges Inititiative

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