Greater Sydney Landcare is helping restore the health and resilience of key catchment lands in the Wollondilly Shire as part of a partnership between Great Eastern Ranges and Amazon Web Services.
The two-year project aims to restore catchment land in key locations in the Wollondilly Shire to improve water yield and quality, boost biodiversity and enhance the resilience of local communities to the impacts of climate change.
Enhancing the health & functionality of Greater Sydney’s water catchment
Improving water quality and yield
Supporting local wildlife & increasing biodiversity
Increasing the resilience of communities to climate change
Establishing new Landcare & Bushcare groups
The Restoring Catchment & Community Resilience project is running from 2024 to 2026.
Once the project is completed, it is expected to deliver an additional 32 million litres of water each year to the Sydney catchment.
The project is engaging landholders, community groups and local government to improve, expand and reconnect habitats for local wildlife and manage key threats that suppress natural regeneration and reduce water quality and output.
The region was severely impacted by the Black Summer bushfires that burnt from November 2019 to December 2020.
Project activities on the ground will further benefit local communities by building landholder capacity and resilience through workshops and other events, the establishment of new Landcare groups, and the creation of a community wildlife trail.
The wildlife in the affected area that the project is looking to support includes 15 threatened species, including the glossy black cockatoo, grey-headed flying fox, koala and platypus.
Restoring Catchment & Community Resilience is looking for volunteers and landholders from across the region interested in participating in environmental activities and building capacity. If you want to get involved – please get in touch via email or registering your interest.
Looking for ways to beautify your property and help the environment at the same time? Consider planting trees as part of the Creating Canopies Project.
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Greater Sydney Landcare is proud to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the Country on which we live and work. We value and respect their deep and continued spiritual and cultural connections to the land, waters and seas, and pay our respects to their Ancestors and Elders past, present and future.
